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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Radical Interracialists.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who became dean of Howard University, was a founding member of the NAACP, and opposed women's suffrage?
(a) Thomas Mandler.
(b) Kelly Miller.
(c) Francis Maclomb.
(d) Eric Mend.

2. According to the text, what were Black women "especially adept" at doing to their masters?
(a) Poisoning them.
(b) Seducing them.
(c) Escaping them.
(d) Burning fields.

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

4. When did the first African men and women come to Virginia?
(a) 1567.
(b) 1734.
(c) 1687.
(d) 1619.

5. According to the chapter "Defending Our Name" what did Black women have to confront and redefine?
(a) Morality.
(b) Classism.
(c) Racism.
(d) Womanhood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many Black female lawyers were there coming into the 1880's?

3. What riot inspired the sonnet that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge placed into "The Congressional Record"?

4. According to an article in "The Independent," as referenced by the text in the chapter "Defending Our Name," what did White women prefer to happen to "keep their husbands straight"?

5. What was established for the purpose of invalid girls to go and help the poor?

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