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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prelude to a Movement.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the first Black novel published in America? (1861)
(a) "Clotel."
(b) "Freedom RIngs."
(c) "A Story."
(d) "Black."

3. 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?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

4. What was established for the purpose of invalid girls to go and help the poor?
(a) Well-Stone Home.
(b) Farcet House.
(c) Hull House.
(d) Miller's House.

5. How old was Mary Church Terrell when she learned of the lynching of the grocer?
(a) 16.
(b) 26.
(c) 29.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In what year did the Fifteenth Amendment pass?

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

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