Quiz on "The First Jewish American"




Important Instructions for Taking Quiz

There are two kinds of questions those with circles in front of the answers and those with squares in front of the answers.  The ones with circles have only one answer.  The ones with squares can have more than one answer but might only have one answer. Lets say a question has 2 right answers and you check the correct boxes but you also check two boxes that are the wrong answer. You will get a score of zero on the question even though 2 of the answers were correct. 

Why was Recife safe before the Portuguese conquered it from the Dutch

The Dutch believed in tolerance

She is pushing children to accept transgenderism as normal and so assumes parents who are against her indoctrinating children with her beliefs hate transgenders
She believes that children are like mature adults and are just as intelligent and capable of dealing with complex issues of gender identity.


Why wasn't Recife safe for Jews after the Portuguese conquered it from the Dutch?

The Catholics were intolerant toward Jews
The Catholics had the Inquisition which was bad to the Jews.

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The Washington Post
Media Matters
The New York Post


Over a thousand Jews lived in Recife before the Portuguese conquered it.  Where most of them go after the Portuguese conquered it.

To New Amsterdam
To Holland


How did the Jewish refugees get help?

They sent a letter to the Dutch East India Company asking for help.
They reminded the Dutch East India Company that they had helped make Recife prosperous
They convinced the Dutch East India Company to tell Stuyvesant to give them citizenship in New Amsterdam.which let them run businesses.

When did the 23 Jews from Brazil come to NYC?

1492
1654
1776

 
In the video the author of the book about Asser Levy draws a parallel between the deportation of people from the U.S. today and the desire to deport the Jews from New Amsterdam.  What is the difference.