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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 the author of the first Black novel written in America?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) William Wells Brown.
(c) Richard M. Morester.
(d) W.E.B. Du Bois.

2. Who, according to a law passed by the House of Burgesses, had to give female slaves permission before they could marry?
(a) The local government.
(b) The slave-master of the premises.
(c) Their master.
(d) The federal government.

3. Who, in 1609, was sold to a group of Native Americans by Captain John Smith?
(a) Henry Spelman.
(b) Scott Maze.
(c) Frederick Glass.
(d) Thomas Slavern.

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

5. Where was Mary Church Terrell living when she heard the news of the grocer's lynching?
(a) Fairbanks.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) New York City.
(d) Nashville.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What was the name of the first Black child born in America?

3. Who was committed to Dr. S. Wier Mitchell's Hospital of Orthopedic and Nervous Diseases because of her inability to withstand the stresses of being educated and financially sound and having to care for ailing members of her family?

4. According to the chapter "Defending Our Name" what did Black women have to confront and redefine?

5. How many lynchings occurred in 1892?

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