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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Defending Our Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was known as the "Uncrowned Queen of American Democracy"?
(a) Sojourner Truth.
(b) Lady Somerset.
(c) Frances Willard.
(d) Ida B. Wells.

2. Who, at an 1869 convention, spoke in support of the Fifteenth Amendment?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Mattie Griffith.
(c) Frances Ellen Harper.
(d) Donna Mary Banks.

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

4. Where did Lucy C. Laney graduate from?
(a) William and Mary.
(b) Atlanta University.
(c) Cornell University.
(d) Princeton.

5. In 1874, what was the most formidable women's organization in Britain?
(a) The FCWB.
(b) The ECWO.
(c) The NACB.
(d) The WCTU.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Voice of the South"?

2. What nation's exhibit did Frederick Douglass preside over at the exposition of 1893?

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

4. In what year did the Fifteenth Amendment pass?

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

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