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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did "paternalist" (66) white Christians view Black people?
(a) As brothers and sisters in spirituality.
(b) As dangerous and threatening criminals.
(c) As legal and soacial equals.
(d) As helpless and ignorant children.

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

3. What was the name of the Black writer who published an autobiography in 1861, detailing her experiences as a enslaved girl?
(a) Soujourner Truth.
(b) Harriet Jacobs.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Hannah Crafts.

4. Which organization decided in the 1600s that baptism would not free enslaved people?
(a) The Progressive National Baptist Convention.
(b) The Pentecostal Fellowship of North America.
(c) The United Daughters of the Confederacy.
(d) The Virginia General Assembly.

5. When were the Articles of Confederation ratified?
(a) 1781.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1780.
(d) 1779.

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

7. 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 three-fifths compromise.
(b) The dirty compromise.
(c) The Missouri compromise.
(d) The Philadelphia compromise.

8. What was the impact of chattel slavery on Black families?
(a) It frequently broke up families.
(b) It allowed married couples to free their children.
(c) It kept couples together, but separated children.
(d) It usually kept families intact.

9. Which for the following is NOT a reason Robert Finley cited in his proposal to send Black people back to Africa?
(a) This arrangement would offer enslaved Blacks a better life.
(b) This arrangement would "civilize" the continent of Africa.
(c) This arrangement would help the U.S. avoid paying reparations.
(d) This arrangement would rid the U.S. of Black people.

10. Which English philosopher's work influenced the Declaration of Independence?
(a) Immanuel Kent.
(b) John Locke.
(c) Francis Bacon.
(d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

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

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

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

14. According to slave codes, what determined whether a child was born free or enslaved?
(a) The mother's religion.
(b) The father's religion.
(c) The father's slave status.
(d) The mother's slave status.

15. What was the term for secret places where enslaved Blacks met to worship?
(a) Hidden chambers.
(b) Hush arbors.
(c) Quiet lanes.
(d) Confidential gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first Black preacher ordained in America?

2. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?

3. Which revivalist preacher used profits from slave labor to build an orphanage?

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

5. What usually happened to enslaved people who were caught trying to escape?

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