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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, which regions received the largest number of enslaved persons?

2. According to Tisby, when did Christianity arrive in Africa?

3. According to slave codes, what determined whether a child was born free or enslaved?

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

5. What historical period coincided with the decline of slavery in Britain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the Fugitive Slave Clause?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the relationship between spiritual growth and racial justice. How does Tisby draw a connection between the two concepts? Analyze how he develops this theme throughout the The Color of Compromise.

Essay Topic 2

Tisby draws a distinction between "complicit Christianity" and "courageous Christianity." Write a compare-and-contrast essay analyzing these terms. What is the main difference between the two concepts? How can white Christians practice "courageous Christianity"?

Essay Topic 3

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail." How does this text reflect the attitudes of contemporary white churches? In an argumentative essay, explore whether the behavior King described in the 1960s has changed or stayed the same.

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