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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: "Cotton Mather," Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the off-duty detective that shot Rekia Boyd?
(a) George Zimmerman.
(b) Darren Wilson.
(c) Dylann Roof.
(d) Dante Servin.

2. How much of the nation's wealth is owned by African Americans?
(a) 9.2%.
(b) 2.7%.
(c) 4.9%.
(d) 7.5%.

3. When did John Cotton draft the first constitution of New England?
(a) 1632.
(b) 1695.
(c) 1674.
(d) 1636.

4. Who had sex on the Ark despite having been told not to, according to Genesis of the Bible?
(a) Ham.
(b) Abel.
(c) Moses.
(d) Cain.

5. When did Pedro de Las Casas publish History of the Indes?
(a) 1523.
(b) 1590.
(c) 1570.
(d) 1561.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Richard Mather come to America?

2. When did Freddie Gray die while in police custody?

3. Who wrote the treatise Commentary on Ephesians?

4. Whose acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin set off the #Black Lives Matter movement?

5. African Americans make up what percentage of the nation's prison population?

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