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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Columbus view the native inhabitants of the Americas?
(a) As skilled laborers.
(b) As spiritual equals.
(c) As fellow citizens.
(d) As potential slaves.

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. What was the term used for the religious movement that emphasized a personal encounter with God?
(a) The Triumph of Evangelism.
(b) The Protestant Revival.
(c) The Rise of Christianity.
(d) The Great Awakening.

4. At the Constitutional Convention, delegates allowed the question of slavery to be set aside for 20 years. What term has been used to describe this compromise?
(a) The Missouri compromise.
(b) The dirty compromise.
(c) The three-fifths compromise.
(d) The Philadelphia compromise.

5. According to Tisby, how did most enslaved Blacks respond to the rise of Christian revivalist preachers in the 1700s?
(a) They considered Christianity, but chose another religion.
(b) They adopted Chrsitianity and made it their own.
(c) They rejected Christianity and refused to convert.
(d) They converted to Christianity and integrated into white churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which enslaved person wrote an autobiography chronicling his experiences in the Middle Passage?

2. According to Tisby, what attracted most Black people to Christianity during the Colonial era?

3. Following the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, a white lawyer claimed that all white Christians bore some responsibility. What was this lawyer's name?

4. What was the name of the Black writer who published an autobiography in 1861, detailing her experiences as a enslaved girl?

5. How does Tisby categorize his book, The Color of Compromise?

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