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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 6 - 12).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kendi confess to the reader about when he began writing Stamped?
(a) He had read all of Abraham Lincoln's writings.
(b) He did not want to write about racism.
(c) He had not read any of Thomas Jefferson's writings.
(d) He had quite a few racist ideas himself.

2. What state was admitted to the Union in 1820 as a free state?
(a) Maine.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Connecticut.

3. Chapter 7 consists of one sentence that says Africans are NOT which of the following?
(a) Inspirations.
(b) Savages.
(c) Humans.
(d) Examples.

4. What does Kendi say is the first step to building an antiracist America?
(a) Understanding how Harvard University was founded.
(b) Reading the writings of Aristotle.
(c) Reading the writings of Von Nuremburg.
(d) Acknowledging America's racist past.

5. Which formerly enslaved woman wrote an antislavery book?
(a) Sojourner Truth.
(b) Harriet Tubman.
(c) Joan Bent.
(d) Micheline Maynor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which young Black girl had extraordinary talents as a poet in the 1700s in America?

2. What did the Three-Fifths Compromise state?

3. Which territory did Thomas Jefferson purchase from the French early in his presidency?

4. Which of the following famous lines did Thomas Jefferson pen in the Declaration of Independence?

5. Where did Frederick Douglass travel to spread his antislavery message?

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