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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Chapters 1 - 5).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the book that the world's first racist wrote titled, according to Reynolds and Kendi?
(a) Prince Harold's Praise.
(b) Prince Henry's Tome.
(c) The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea.
(d) Marshall Your Courage.

2. Who spearheaded the First Great Awakening?
(a) John Kenyans.
(b) Jonathan Edwards.
(c) Richard Mather.
(d) Cotton Jenson.

3. What did the Puritans stipulate at the opening of the first U.S. university?
(a) Women were allowed to attend, but only in small numbers.
(b) Blacks were allowed to attend as long as they worked at the university, too.
(c) Greek and Latin texts could not be disputed.
(d) All the professors had to be priests.

4. Where did Cotton Mather attend college?
(a) Virginia Tech.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) University of Pennsylvania.
(d) University of Michigan.

5. How did the world's first racist depict Africans in his book, according to Reynolds and Kendi?
(a) As savages that needed training.
(b) As lost souls who could be rehabilitated.
(c) As people who were physically well-suited for work.
(d) As lazy people who needed to be instilled with a better work ethic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What difficulty did Cotton Mather have?

2. What does Kendi say is the first step to building an antiracist America?

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

4. What do assimilationists think about combatting racism?

5. Who bought some of the first slaves to come to America from Africa?

(see the answer key)

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