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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. What was established for the purpose of invalid girls to go and help the poor?
(a) Well-Stone Home.
(b) Farcet House.
(c) Miller's House.
(d) Hull House.

2. How many Black female lawyers were there coming into the 1880's?
(a) 10.
(b) 54.
(c) 17.
(d) 5.

3. According to Virginia law, if a Christian was found to "commit fornication" with a Negro man or woman, how would his fines multiply?
(a) By six.
(b) By two.
(c) By three.
(d) By four.

4. In 1915, how many state and local branches did the Black Chamber of Commerce have?
(a) 16.
(b) 250.
(c) 170.
(d) 600.

5. What was the name of the first Black child born in America?
(a) Baby Douglass.
(b) Baby Wells.
(c) Baby Anthoney.
(d) Baby Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the slave in 1741 that attempted to burn down the entire settlement of Charleston, Massachusetts?

2. What exposition in 1893 presented Black women with the opportunity to address the redefining of the criteria of true womanhood?

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. According to the chapter "To be a Woman Sublime," what was judged by where a woman wanted to go rather than by where she was?

5. What did Lottie Wilson Jackson not want Black women to be compelled to ride in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Thomas Moss's final words before he was lynched in Tennessee?

2. Describe the two sides regarding the Fifteenth Amendment.

3. According to the chapter "Casting of the Die," how did English slave traders describe Black women?

4. What did Robert Purvis say about the equality of sexes?

5. What caused Mary Church Terrell to plunge head-first into a life of vibrant activism?

6. What was the goal of the CWPA?

7. A month before Blacks set foot in Virginia, what laws did the House of Burgesses pass?

8. What commonalities did Black and White women's organizations have?

9. What did the end of the chapter "Prelude to a Movement" state were the problems that educated Black women faced?

10. What incident moved W.E.B. Du Bois to praise Black women for their courage?

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