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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following did writer Richard Baxter believe about slavery?
2. Who do Reynolds and Kendi refer to as The Great Contradictor?
3. Which other former president died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson?
4. Which young Black girl had extraordinary talents as a poet in the 1700s in America?
5. How did the world's first racist depict Africans in his book, according to Reynolds and Kendi?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is one of the situations that Reynolds and Kendi view as ironic about Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence?
2. What is one reason that Frederick Douglass went to Great Britain to spread his antislavery message?
3. Why was the 1791 slave rebellion in Haiti such a problem for White people in power in the United States?
4. In Chapters 6 and 7, what word is most often used to describe Africans in racist theories, and why?
5. What were some of the things that White privileges allowed?
6. What do Reynolds and Kendi suggest, somewhat facetiously, that Thomas Jefferson might have been the first White person to say?
7. What were Gabriel and Nancy Prosser trying to do in the year 1800?
8. How did early Puritans like Cotton and Mather perpetuate their racist ideas?
9. What is the Climate Theory as described by Reynolds and Kendi?
10. Why do Reynolds and Kendi describe Gomes Eanes de Zurara as the world's first racist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do Reynolds and Kendi characterize the organization of the 1963 March on Washington, and who do they say worked together to organize it? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Reynolds and Kendi repeatedly emphasize Thomas Jefferson's contradictory thoughts and actions regarding slavery and his treatment and impressions of Black people. Write an essay explaining some of the specifics of these contradictions, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What were the different approaches W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington took to writing and advocating for greater equality of Blacks? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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