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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 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"?
(a) Jane P. Merritt.
(b) Josephine Seams.
(c) Ida B. Jones.
(d) Mary Franklin.

2. Who was committed to Dr. S. Wier Mitchell's Hospital of Orthopedic and Nervous Diseases because of her inability to withstand the stresses of being educated and financially sound and having to care for ailing members of her family?
(a) Mary Stone.
(b) Laura Drens.
(c) Martha Biggins.
(d) Jane Addams.

3. Whom did Anna Julia Cooper state was the "finest woman I have ever known"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The slave master's wife.
(c) The slave whom acted as her mother.
(d) Ida B. Wells.

4. What did Ida B. Wells claim "should have a place of honor in every home"?
(a) A Winchester rifle.
(b) The man of the household.
(c) A deed to the home.
(d) Freedom papers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote "Voice of the South"?

4. In 1874, what was the most formidable women's organization in Britain?

5. In 1895, who was the principal of the Tuskegee Institute?

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