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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. According to Tisby, what attracted most Black people to Christianity during the Colonial era?
(a) The opportunity for education.
(b) The hope of earthly liberation.
(c) The prospect of higher wages.
(d) The chance to win the vote.

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

15. What word does Tisby use to describe white Christianity's attitude toward racism?
(a) Competitive.
(b) Complicit.
(c) Combative.
(d) Compassionate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement is NOT true of Charles Grandison Finney?

2. During the early colonization of the Americas, which crop was most profitable?

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

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

5. According to Tisby, which of the following statements about Thomas Jefferson is NOT true?

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