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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, a white lawyer claimed that all white Christians bore some responsibility. What was this lawyer's name?
(a) Billy Graham.
(b) George Whitefield.
(c) Charles Morgan Jr.
(d) Carolyn DuPont.

2. Where did transatlantic ships carrying enslaved persons usually make port?
(a) Eastern Canada.
(b) The East Indies.
(c) The Caribbean.
(d) Western Europe.

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

4. Which activist claimed that, "There can be no deep disappointment without deep love" (19)?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Ida B. Wells.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. Which revivalist preacher used profits from slave labor to build an orphanage?
(a) George Whitefield.
(b) Richard Allen.
(c) Jonathan Edwards.
(d) Solomon Stoddard.

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

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

8. Which white man married Metoaka, also known as Pocahontas?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) John Rolfe.

9. How does Tisby categorize his book, The Color of Compromise?
(a) Biography.
(b) Historical survey.
(c) Historical fiction.
(d) Historical nonfiction.

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

11. Which church leader helped found The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG)?
(a) Francis Le Jau.
(b) Jonathan Edwards.
(c) George Whitefield.
(d) Thomas Bray.

12. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?
(a) 1794.
(b) 1764.
(c) 1791.
(d) 1789.

13. How does Tisby perceive racism?
(a) As a mystery.
(b) As an inevitability.
(c) As a social construct.
(d) As a historical myth.

14. Which enslaved person wrote an autobiography chronicling his experiences in the Middle Passage?
(a) Olaudah Equiano.
(b) Richard Allen.
(c) Lemuel Haynes.
(d) Crispus Attucks.

15. How did enslaved Blacks share messages about possible escape plans?
(a) In songs.
(b) In letters.
(c) In telegrams.
(d) In newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which for the following is NOT a reason Robert Finley cited in his proposal to send Black people back to Africa?

2. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, which regions received the largest number of enslaved persons?

3. What was the term used for workers who were bound to their employer until they paid off a debt?

4. Which organization decided in the 1600s that baptism would not free enslaved people?

5. How many enslaved people were transported from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade?

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