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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing occur?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1965.

2. According to Tisby, during which period of American history did race NOT determine a person's station in society?
(a) 1500-1700.
(b) 1800-1900.
(c) 1900-2000.
(d) 1600-1800.

3. In Chapter 1, Beverly Daniel Tatum defines racism as a combination of "prejudice" and another factor. What is the second factor?
(a) Bigotry.
(b) Ethnicity.
(c) Planning.
(d) Power.

4. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, which regions received the largest number of enslaved persons?
(a) Europe and Asia.
(b) North and Central America.
(c) Africa and Australia.
(d) The Caribbean and South America.

5. Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas?
(a) The Scandinavians.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The English.
(d) The German.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Tisby use to describe Christianity that "embraces racial and ethnic diversity" (24)?

2. According to Tisby, what is required to achieve "reconciliation" (15)?

3. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?

4. According to Tisby's statistical evidence, which modern American demographic is most likely to be religious?

5. How many people perished during the Middle Passage?

(see the answer key)

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