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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year did the Constitutional Convention take place?

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

4. What was the term used for workers who were bound to their employer until they paid off a debt?

5. What year did the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing occur?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, Tisby outlines arguments that white Christians used to justify slave-ownership. What are some of these arguments?

3. What is the monogenesis theory of humankind?

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

5. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

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

7. What evangelical Christian doctrines, outlined by Tisby in Chapter 3, can prevent these churches from taking a stance on social justice issues?

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

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