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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To Choose Again, Freely.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were servant women sold to if they were found guilty of bearing a child of her master's in Virginia?
(a) The local prison authorities.
(b) The local governing male.
(c) Another slave holder outside of Virginia.
(d) The church.

2. What was the name of the slave in 1741 that attempted to burn down the entire settlement of Charleston, Massachusetts?
(a) Kate.
(b) Mary.
(c) Ida.
(d) Sylvia.

3. Who led the NCLU at its founding meeting in Washington, D.C. in 1869?
(a) Robert Purvis.
(b) Isaac Meyers.
(c) Harriet Forten Remond.
(d) Charles Remond.

4. How many lynchings occurred in 1892?
(a) 255.
(b) 307.
(c) 168.
(d) 673.

5. What, by order of the House of Burgesses, were masters of slaves able to do to their servants?
(a) Have intercourse with them.
(b) Starve them.
(c) Whip them.
(d) Hang them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was by law ordered to be whipped for laying with a negro in 1630?

2. What novel spoke to the desire of slave women to become the mistress of their masters?

3. Who, in 1609, was sold to a group of Native Americans by Captain John Smith?

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

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

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