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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 24 - Afterword).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who bought some of the first slaves to come to America from Africa?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Virginia Governor George Yeardley.
(c) Cotton Mather.
(d) Marshall Wellins.

2. Who was the first Black person to be elected to the U.S. presidency?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Clarence Thomas.
(c) Colin Powell.
(d) Corey Booker.

3. Who do Reynolds and Kendi refer to as The Great Contradictor?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Marshall Mathers.

4. Who was one of Angela Davis's favorite authors?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Sojourner Truth.
(d) Charlie Ross.

5. Which of the following did writer Richard Baxter believe about slavery?
(a) It was the precursor to Capitalism.
(b) It was helpful to slaves.
(c) It was a Marxist idea.
(d) It was God's will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did writer John Locke believe about Blacks?

2. Who beat Abraham Lincoln in a race for a Senate seat in 1858?

3. Who did the world's first racist write a biography about, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

4. Who did the Dixiecrats run for President in the late 1940s?

5. What phrase did Carmichael introduce into the movement for Black equal rights?

(see the answer key)

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