Delta Sigma Theta Practice Test Questions And
Answers Latest Updates 2027
Founder who selected the Delta mottoes, an acclaimed acress and Director of the
American Negro Theater - ANSWER -Osceola McCarty Adams
Graduated manga cum laude from Howard University; received her M.A. and
Ph.D - ANSWER -Eliza Pearl Shippen
The only Black student enrolled at her school; was the valedvictorian of the Class
of 1908 - ANSWER -Bertha Pitts Campbell
Last surviving Founder in 1993; the first Black graduate of Washingtonville High
School - ANSWER -Naomi Sewell Richardson
Born in Illinois; constant supporter of Alpha Chapter - ANSWER -Marguerite
Young Alexander
Accomplished linguist who spoke German, French, Greek, and latin; designed the
ceremony for inducating Honoary Members; first woman on the campus paper -
ANSWER -Madree Penn White
President and Valedictorian of her graduating class - ANSWER -Edna Brown
Coleman
Teacher for more than 30 years then began an career in dramatics - ANSWER -
Ethel Carr Watson
First Corresponding Secretary of Alpha Chpter, instrumental in integrating the
Galveston Public School - ANSWER -Jessie McGuire Dent
Author of the novel The Valley of the Poor about poor Blacks in the South -
ANSWER -Wertie Blackwell Weaver
, The first treasurer of the Alpha Chapter; author of Get off the Judgement Seat;
excellent musician; graduated as Valedictorian from Teacher's College - ANSWER
-Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
First president of the Alpha Chapter; was an active member of the NAACP and
the National Council of Negro Women - ANSWER -Myra Davis Hemmings
President and National Treasurer of National association of College Women; Dean
of Girls at the Black High School in Raleigh, N.C. - ANSWER -Jimmie Bugg
Middleton
President when the first National Convention held - ANSWER -Sadie Tanner
Mossel Alexander
Graduate Chapters were authorized - ANSWER -Sadie Tanner Mossel Alexander
Omega Omega was established as a Memorial Chapter - ANSWER -G. Dorothy
Pelham Beckley
Delta Hymn was adopted - ANSWER -G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley
Regional Conferences approved - ANSWER -G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley
Delegates voted to hold National Convention every two years - ANSWER -Ethel
Lamay Calimese
Elections of Regional Directors began - ANSWER -Ethel Lamay Calimese
The National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed - ANSWER -Anna Johnson Julian
Grand Chaper was incorporated - ANSWER -Anna Johnson Julian
National Boards were created as part of the organizational structure - ANSWER -
Gladys Byram Sheppard
, National Headquarters was established - ANSWER -Jeannette Tripplett Jones
Delta became actively involved in the civil rights movement. - ANSWER -Vivian
Osborne Marsh
Office of 2nd National Vice President created - ANSWER -Helen Elsie Austin
Emphasis was on education; focus was on voting and equal rights for women,
employment practices and purchases of war bonds and ambulances - ANSWER -
Mae Wright Downs Peck Williams
First Executive Director hired - ANSWER -Dorothy Irene Height
Five Point Projects - ANSWER -Dorothy Irene Height
The mortgage of Delta's first Headquarters building was burned - ANSWER -
Dorothy Penman Harrison
Appointed to serve on several commissions by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and
Nixon - ANSWER -Jeanne L. Noble
Delta Teen Lift - ANSWER -Geraldine Pittman Woods
Golden Celebration - ANSWER -Geraldine Pittman Woods
Organization increased in membership. - ANSWER -Geraldine Pittman Woods
Appointed to Civil Rights Commission by president Lyndon B. Johnson -
ANSWER -Frankie Muse Freeman
1971 to 1975; 1705, 1707, and 1709 New Hampshire Ave. acquired for Delta's
Headquarters; - ANSWER -Lillian Pierce Benbow
The National Commission on Arts & Letters was established - ANSWER -Lillian
Pierce Benbow
Answers Latest Updates 2027
Founder who selected the Delta mottoes, an acclaimed acress and Director of the
American Negro Theater - ANSWER -Osceola McCarty Adams
Graduated manga cum laude from Howard University; received her M.A. and
Ph.D - ANSWER -Eliza Pearl Shippen
The only Black student enrolled at her school; was the valedvictorian of the Class
of 1908 - ANSWER -Bertha Pitts Campbell
Last surviving Founder in 1993; the first Black graduate of Washingtonville High
School - ANSWER -Naomi Sewell Richardson
Born in Illinois; constant supporter of Alpha Chapter - ANSWER -Marguerite
Young Alexander
Accomplished linguist who spoke German, French, Greek, and latin; designed the
ceremony for inducating Honoary Members; first woman on the campus paper -
ANSWER -Madree Penn White
President and Valedictorian of her graduating class - ANSWER -Edna Brown
Coleman
Teacher for more than 30 years then began an career in dramatics - ANSWER -
Ethel Carr Watson
First Corresponding Secretary of Alpha Chpter, instrumental in integrating the
Galveston Public School - ANSWER -Jessie McGuire Dent
Author of the novel The Valley of the Poor about poor Blacks in the South -
ANSWER -Wertie Blackwell Weaver
, The first treasurer of the Alpha Chapter; author of Get off the Judgement Seat;
excellent musician; graduated as Valedictorian from Teacher's College - ANSWER
-Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
First president of the Alpha Chapter; was an active member of the NAACP and
the National Council of Negro Women - ANSWER -Myra Davis Hemmings
President and National Treasurer of National association of College Women; Dean
of Girls at the Black High School in Raleigh, N.C. - ANSWER -Jimmie Bugg
Middleton
President when the first National Convention held - ANSWER -Sadie Tanner
Mossel Alexander
Graduate Chapters were authorized - ANSWER -Sadie Tanner Mossel Alexander
Omega Omega was established as a Memorial Chapter - ANSWER -G. Dorothy
Pelham Beckley
Delta Hymn was adopted - ANSWER -G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley
Regional Conferences approved - ANSWER -G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley
Delegates voted to hold National Convention every two years - ANSWER -Ethel
Lamay Calimese
Elections of Regional Directors began - ANSWER -Ethel Lamay Calimese
The National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed - ANSWER -Anna Johnson Julian
Grand Chaper was incorporated - ANSWER -Anna Johnson Julian
National Boards were created as part of the organizational structure - ANSWER -
Gladys Byram Sheppard
, National Headquarters was established - ANSWER -Jeannette Tripplett Jones
Delta became actively involved in the civil rights movement. - ANSWER -Vivian
Osborne Marsh
Office of 2nd National Vice President created - ANSWER -Helen Elsie Austin
Emphasis was on education; focus was on voting and equal rights for women,
employment practices and purchases of war bonds and ambulances - ANSWER -
Mae Wright Downs Peck Williams
First Executive Director hired - ANSWER -Dorothy Irene Height
Five Point Projects - ANSWER -Dorothy Irene Height
The mortgage of Delta's first Headquarters building was burned - ANSWER -
Dorothy Penman Harrison
Appointed to serve on several commissions by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and
Nixon - ANSWER -Jeanne L. Noble
Delta Teen Lift - ANSWER -Geraldine Pittman Woods
Golden Celebration - ANSWER -Geraldine Pittman Woods
Organization increased in membership. - ANSWER -Geraldine Pittman Woods
Appointed to Civil Rights Commission by president Lyndon B. Johnson -
ANSWER -Frankie Muse Freeman
1971 to 1975; 1705, 1707, and 1709 New Hampshire Ave. acquired for Delta's
Headquarters; - ANSWER -Lillian Pierce Benbow
The National Commission on Arts & Letters was established - ANSWER -Lillian
Pierce Benbow
