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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To be a Woman Sublime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the grocery that had been a target of White resentment?
(a) Misson's Grocery.
(b) First Street Grocery.
(c) Southern Grocery.
(d) People's Grocery.

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

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

4. 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"?
(a) That "the bastard children of their husbands were killed."
(b) That "they find suitable White mistresses to ensure pure blood."
(c) That "slaves were always on the verge of hostility."
(d) That "their husbands do wrong with colored women."

5. Who, according to the chapter "To be a Woman Sublime," was the wealthiest and best educated Black woman of the time?
(a) Ida B. Wells.
(b) Mary Church Terrell.
(c) Sojourner Truth.
(d) Fannie Barrier Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Black woman that threatened to boycott the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 if Black women were not given a "more substantial voice in the proceedings"?

2. In 1830, who did Maria Stewart tell that it was their duty to cultivate a pure heart and thirst for knowledge in their children?

3. Who was known as the "Uncrowned Queen of American Democracy"?

4. Who were servant women sold to if they were found guilty of bearing a child of her master's in Virginia?

5. What exposition in 1893 presented Black women with the opportunity to address the redefining of the criteria of true womanhood?

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