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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT a social issue the Benevolent Empire sought to address?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Abortion.
(d) Abolitionism.

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

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

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

6. Who was the first Black preacher ordained in America?
(a) Lemuel Haynes.
(b) John Marrant.
(c) Jarena Lee.
(d) George Liele.

7. How many people attended the Cane Ridge Revival?
(a) 10-20,000.
(b) 5-10,000.
(c) 30-40,000.
(d) 20-30,000.

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

9. According to Tisby, what is required to achieve "reconciliation" (15)?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Repentence.
(c) Grief.
(d) Anger.

10. According to Tisby's statistical evidence, which modern American demographic is most likely to be religious?
(a) Whites.
(b) Hispanics.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Asians.

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

12. What was the first higher education institution to accept women and Black people?
(a) Oberlin College.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) St. John's College.

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

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

15. What term does Tisby use to describe Christianity that "embraces racial and ethnic diversity" (24)?
(a) Courageous Christianity.
(b) Conscientious Chrsitianity.
(c) Complacent Christianity.
(d) Complicit Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the term used for the process of preparing slaves for their new life of bondage?

2. 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?

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

4. How does Tisby view the U.S. Constitution?

5. Which English philosopher's work influenced the Declaration of Independence?

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