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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. 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) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. Where did Lucy C. Laney graduate from?
(a) William and Mary.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Cornell University.
(d) Atlanta University.

3. Who was the author of the first Black novel written in America?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) William Wells Brown.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Richard M. Morester.

4. Who was lynched at the opening of the book?
(a) Thomas Moss.
(b) Stewart Wells.
(c) Derrik Jones.
(d) Shawn Morgan.

5. What, by order of the House of Burgesses, were masters of slaves able to do to their servants?
(a) Starve them.
(b) Hang them.
(c) Have intercourse with them.
(d) Whip them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the first Black child born in America?

2. When did the first African men and women come to Virginia?

3. What did Dr. Cesare Lombroso publish in 1876?

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

5. What was the name of the grocery that had been a target of White resentment?

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