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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Darwin's "Origin of Species" published?
(a) 1786.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1859.

2. What, according to the first item of business of the Black leaders' agenda, did women have to defend?
(a) Complacency.
(b) Self-love.
(c) Moral integrity.
(d) Their ability to work.

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

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"?
(a) That "the bastard children of their husbands were killed."
(b) That "slaves were always on the verge of hostility."
(c) That "their husbands do wrong with colored women."
(d) That "they find suitable White mistresses to ensure pure blood."

5. According to the chapter "Defending Our Name," who "stole the show" at the founding meeting of the uniting of the National Federation of Afro-American Women and the National Association of Colored Women?
(a) Harriet Tubman.
(b) J. Rosamond Johnson.
(c) Ida B. Wells.
(d) Sojourner Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Black woman that threatened to boycott the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 if Black women were not given a "more substantial voice in the proceedings"?

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

3. Who was the author of the first Black novel written in America?

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

5. How many Whites were shot on the Saturday night raid on the local Black grocery?

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