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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What historical period coincided with the decline of slavery in Britain?
(a) The Late Middle Ages.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The Renaissance.

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

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

4. How many people perished during the Middle Passage?
(a) About 500,000.
(b) About 1 million.
(c) About 2 million.
(d) About 750,000.

5. During the early colonization of the Americas, which crop was most profitable?
(a) Corn.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Wheat.

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

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

8. What statement is NOT true of Charles Grandison Finney?
(a) He advocated for Black emancipation.
(b) He allowed Black people to join his church.
(c) He supported racial desegregation.
(d) He was an outspoken abolitionist.

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

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

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

12. 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) Charles Morgan Jr.
(b) Carolyn DuPont.
(c) Billy Graham.
(d) George Whitefield.

13. When was the first Black Episcopal Church established in New York City?
(a) 1809.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1784.
(d) 1803.

14. Who was John Newton?
(a) A priest and slave-trader.
(b) An emancipated slave.
(c) A pastor and politician.
(d) A foreign missionary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first higher education institution to accept women and Black people?

2. Which activist claimed that, "There can be no deep disappointment without deep love" (19)?

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

4. Why was the antislavery clause removed from the Declaration of Independence?

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

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