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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. In 1895, who was the principal of the Tuskegee Institute?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Terrance Williams.

2. 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.

3. What was the name of the first Black child born in America?
(a) Baby Douglass.
(b) Baby Williams.
(c) Baby Wells.
(d) Baby Anthoney.

4. What was the name of the woman that taught former slaves in the 1860's in the South Carolina Sea Islands?
(a) Sara Brooks.
(b) Martha Banks.
(c) Mary Wright.
(d) Laura Towne.

5. When did the first African men and women come to Virginia?
(a) 1567.
(b) 1619.
(c) 1687.
(d) 1734.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the largest Black sorority in 1908?

2. How much money did the CWL successfully lobby to establish kindergarten classes in 1898?

3. What was established for the purpose of invalid girls to go and help the poor?

4. Who, according to the chapter "To be a Woman Sublime," was the wealthiest and best educated Black woman of the time?

5. What did the chapter, "To Be A Woman Sublime" state to be a watershed in the history of Black women?

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