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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 considered Christianity, but chose another religion.
(c) They converted to Christianity and integrated into white churches.
(d) They rejected Christianity and refused to convert.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1800s, the global demand for which product helped fuel the north American slave trade?

2. What was the name of the Black writer who published an autobiography in 1861, detailing her experiences as a enslaved girl?

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

4. How does Tisby perceive racism?

5. Who was John Newton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did some slaveowners prefer to enslave Africans rather than Native Americans, as explained by Tisby?

2. What was the Fugitive Slave Clause?

3. Concerning slavery, what was meant by the term "natural increase" (33)?

4. Why did the Episcopalian diocese originally refuse to admit St. Philip's church?

5. Which demographic groups benefitted most from the original Constitution?

6. What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?

7. What was the impact of Nat Turner's rebellion?

8. Why did Johnathan Edwards oppose the African slave-trade?

9. What is the monogenesis theory of humankind?

10. What decisions were made at the Baptist General Committee of Virginia in 1790?

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