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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. African Americans make up what percentage of the nation's prison population?
(a) 60%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 40%.

3. How many times more likely are Black people to be incarcerated in comparison with their White counterparts?
(a) Five times more likely.
(b) Three times more likely.
(c) Eight times more likely.
(d) Two times more likely.

4. Who or what killed the Germantown Petition Against Slavery?
(a) Slave-holding Quakers.
(b) A Presidential order.
(c) An African slave uprising.
(d) Slave-holding Jews.

5. The author indicates that at the time the book was written, Federal data shows that the median wealth of White households is how many more times the median wealth of Black households?
(a) 5 times more.
(b) 4 times more.
(c) 9 times more.
(d) 13 times more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Peter Jefferson's tobacco plantation?

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

3. Who was Sarah Baartman's South African master?

4. When was Thomas Jefferson born?

5. Who was the Quaker founder and editor of the Genius of Universal Emancipation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is uplift suasion?

2. How did Western Europ gain access to goods from Africa?

3. What is Voltaire's significance in racial history?

4. Why is it important to the author that the reader know this book is not a history of racial progress?

5. How does the author define prejudice?

6. Who are the five main figures that are the book's "tour guides" (6)? Why has the author chosen these individuals?

7. Who was Peter Paul Simons and what did he contribute to the racial debate?

8. What influence did Aristotle have on the views of the Puritans regarding slavery?

9. What were William Lloyd Garrison's views when he first emerged as an abolitionist in the late 1820s?

10. What impact did mistrel shows have on racist perceptions?

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