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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. According to Virginia law, if a Christian was found to "commit fornication" with a Negro man or woman, how would his fines multiply?
(a) By two.
(b) By four.
(c) By six.
(d) By three.

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

3. In what city did Black washerwomen announce that they were going to charge a standard rate for their work? (1866)
(a) Nashville.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Jackson.

4. What punishment did Maria receive for attempting to burn down her master's home in Massachusetts?
(a) Banishment.
(b) Lynched.
(c) Sale to a tobacco farm.
(d) Burned at the stake.

5. Following the Civil War, why how did Black men "vindicate their manhood"?
(a) By purchase of thier wives from the slave holder.
(b) By declaring themselves head-of-household.
(c) By petitioning the government.
(d) By taking authority of women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, by order of the House of Burgesses, were masters of slaves able to do to their servants?

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

3. To whom did Mary Church Terrell look to for help in her address to President Harrison?

4. In what year did the Fifteenth Amendment pass?

5. According to Virginia law, how many additional years of servitude did a servant woman have to serve if she bore the child of her master?

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