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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To be a Woman Sublime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Mary Church Terrell living when she heard the news of the grocer's lynching?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Fairbanks.
(d) New York City.

2. What did Dr. Cesare Lombroso publish in 1876?
(a) "Wickedness of the Black."
(b) "Adaptations of the Post-Slave."
(c) "Science of the Negro."
(d) "Criminal Man."

3. Who led the NCLU at its founding meeting in Washington, D.C. in 1869?
(a) Harriet Forten Remond.
(b) Isaac Meyers.
(c) Robert Purvis.
(d) Charles Remond.

4. What caused the death of both of Ida B. Wells' parents?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Small pox.
(c) Polio.
(d) Diphtheria.

5. Who was the author of the first Black novel written in America?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) William Wells Brown.
(c) Richard M. Morester.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the chapter, "To Be A Woman Sublime" state to be a watershed in the history of Black women?

2. What punishment did Maria receive for attempting to burn down her master's home in Massachusetts?

3. According to Virginia law, how many additional years of servitude did a servant woman have to serve if she bore the child of her master?

4. In 1915, how many state and local branches did the Black Chamber of Commerce have?

5. Who was lynched at the opening of the book?

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