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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. 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 help the U.S. avoid paying reparations.
(b) This arrangement would "civilize" the continent of Africa.
(c) This arrangement would rid the U.S. of Black people.
(d) This arrangement would offer enslaved Blacks a better life.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many enslaved people were transported from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade?

2. In Chapter 1, Beverly Daniel Tatum defines racism as a combination of "prejudice" and another factor. What is the second factor?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the concept of "hereditary heathenism," outlined by Tisby in Chapter 2?

4. What is the monogenesis theory of humankind?

5. What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?

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

7. Why did some white Christians hesitate to baptize enslaved people?

8. What was the Fugitive Slave Clause?

9. Many white Christians believe that individual conversation and a spiritual awakening will naturally lead to racial equality. What is Tisby's perspective?

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

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