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

2. What did writer John Locke believe about Blacks?
(a) They had better physical health than Whites.
(b) They had less agile and developed minds than Whites.
(c) They were better musicians than whites.
(d) They were more violent than Whites.

3. Why did plantation owners show little interest in religiously converting slaves?
(a) They did not much care for religion themselves.
(b) They were only interested in slaves to make more money.
(c) They did not want slaves to be able to read the Bible.
(d) They did not like Puritanism.

4. Which slave did Thomas Jefferson have children with?
(a) Marion Fare.
(b) Micheline Mayren.
(c) Sally Hemings.
(d) Joan Hemings.

5. Which of the following books did Thomas Jefferson write?
(a) The Real History of Paul Revere's Ride.
(b) Independence Days.
(c) Handbook for Future Revolutionaries.
(d) Notes on the State of Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jefferson move in 1884?

2. Which of the following ideas did Jefferson promote in the late 1700s?

3. When did Cotton Mather die?

4. Which Spanish ship carrying slaves was hijacked in 1619?

5. Which country became the Eastern Hemisphere's symbol of freedom following a slave rebellion there in the late 1700s?

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