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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black Braintrusters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Mary Church Terrell look to for help in her address to President Harrison?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Federick Douglass.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Marcus Garvey.

2. In 1916, what group launched a campaign to save the home of Frederick Douglass from default?
(a) NLBW.
(b) NAACP.
(c) NACW.
(d) NOCL.

3. What cigar company found itself in the middle of a strike in 1917 in Norfolk, Virginia?
(a) The Richmond Cigar Company.
(b) The Virginia Cigar Company.
(c) The American Cigar Company.
(d) The East Coast Cigar Company.

4. What was sold to raise part of the rest of the money needed to finance the school that Bethune needed to start her school?
(a) Poems.
(b) Songs.
(c) Books.
(d) Pies and cakes.

5. How many Whites were shot on the Saturday night raid on the local Black grocery?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in the chapter "The Quest for Woman Suffrage," was quoted as saying "divine law makes no distinction between the sexes"?

2. How many Black female lawyers were there coming into the 1880's?

3. What novel spoke to the desire of slave women to become the mistress of their masters?

4. What did Lottie Wilson Jackson not want Black women to be compelled to ride in?

5. According to the chapter "Defending Our Name" what did Black women have to confront and redefine?

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