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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who organized the Colored Women's Progressive Association in 1880?
(a) Mary Stanton.
(b) Mary Ann Shadd Cary.
(c) Ida B. Wells.
(d) Sojourner Truth.

4. What happened to the Gross National Product between 1869 and 1899?
(a) It doubled.
(b) It was cut by one fourth.
(c) It was cut in half.
(d) It tripled.

5. What was the name of the woman that taught former slaves in the 1860's in the South Carolina Sea Islands?
(a) Sara Brooks.
(b) Laura Towne.
(c) Martha Banks.
(d) Mary Wright.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did Black washerwomen announce that they were going to charge a standard rate for their work? (1866)

2. Who from Columbia University described the late nineteenth century as a time of "rapid expansion, desperate competition and peremptory rejection of failure"?

3. Who wrote "Voice of the South"?

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

5. 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"?

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