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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?
(a) 1794.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1791.
(d) 1764.

2. According to slave codes, what determined whether a child was born free or enslaved?
(a) The mother's slave status.
(b) The father's religion.
(c) The mother's religion.
(d) The father's slave status.

3. In Chapter 1, Beverly Daniel Tatum defines racism as a combination of "prejudice" and another factor. What is the second factor?
(a) Power.
(b) Ethnicity.
(c) Planning.
(d) Bigotry.

4. What historical period coincided with the decline of slavery in Britain?
(a) The Renaissance.
(b) The Late Middle Ages.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

5. Which enslaved person wrote an autobiography chronicling his experiences in the Middle Passage?
(a) Crispus Attucks.
(b) Olaudah Equiano.
(c) Richard Allen.
(d) Lemuel Haynes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, which regions received the largest number of enslaved persons?

2. How many people perished during the Middle Passage?

3. How does Tisby categorize his book, The Color of Compromise?

4. Where did transatlantic ships carrying enslaved persons usually make port?

5. Who was John Newton?

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