DELTA SIGMA THETA EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
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SECTION 1: FOUNDING HISTORY AND THE 22 FOUNDERS
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Questions 1-30 --- ---
1. On what date was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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founded? ---
• Answer: January 13, 1913 --- --- --- ---
• Rationale: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was founded on
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January 13, 1913, by twenty-two women at Howard
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, University in Washington, D.C. . This is the most fundamental
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- date in Delta history and is commemorated annually as
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Founders' Day. The date is also significant because it marks
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the split from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. .
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2. On which university campus was Delta Sigma Theta
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founded? ---
• Answer: Howard University --- --- ---
• Rationale: Delta Sigma Theta was founded on the campus --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
of Howard University in Washington, D.C. . Howard
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University is a historically Black university and the birthplace
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of several Divine Nine organizations. The university remains
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a significant site in Delta history, with the "Fortitude"
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sculpture located on campus to honor the founders .
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3. How many collegiate women founded Delta Sigma Theta?
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• Answer: 22 --- ---
• Rationale: Twenty-two women founded Delta Sigma Theta --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Sorority, Inc. . These founders were students at Howard
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University who sought to create an organization focused on
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public service and social activism rather than campus social
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, activities . Their number is historically significant and often
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referenced in Delta traditions and ceremonies. --- --- --- --- --- ---
4. What motivated the founders to create Delta Sigma Theta?
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• Answer: They wanted to change the direction of Alpha
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Kappa Alpha toward social activism and public service, and
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they wanted to establish a national organization with a new
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name, symbols, and colors
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• Rationale: The twenty-two founders were not pleased with
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Alpha Kappa Alpha's focus on campus social activities . They
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- wanted to reorganize the sorority to address public service,
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women's advancement, and political activism . They also
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wanted to establish a national organization with its own
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identity, change the colors and symbols, and pursue a more
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politically oriented mission . --- --- --- ---
5. What was the first public act performed by the Delta
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founders? ---
• Answer: Participation in the Women's Suffrage March in
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Washington, D.C., in March 1913 --- --- --- --- ---
• Rationale: Less than two months after the sorority's founding,
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-- the Delta founders participated in the historic
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, 1913 Women's Suffrage March on Pennsylvania Avenue in
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Washington, D.C. . They marched under the Delta Sigma --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Theta banner on the day before Woodrow Wilson's
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inauguration, demonstrating their commitment to political --- --- --- --- --- ---
activism and women's rights . --- --- --- --- ---
6. Some of the founders were previously members of which
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sorority? ---
• Answer: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
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• Rationale: Some of the founders were already members of
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the Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. . The
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seven elected officers of Alpha Kappa Alpha were among
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the founders who voted to change the sorority's name and
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direction . This led to the split and the creation of Delta
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Sigma Theta . --- --- ---
7. When was the Delta Sigma Theta Grand Chapter nationally
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incorporated?
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• Answer: January 20, 1930 --- --- --- ---
• Rationale: The organization's Grand Chapter was nationally
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-- incorporated on January 20, 1930 . Delta became the first --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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2026 ---
Complete Test Bank with Verified Answers --- --- --- --- --- ---
and Detailed Rationales --- --- ---
Brand New Version | All Questions and
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Correct Answers | A+ Graded Solutions --- --- --- --- --- ---
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SECTION 1: FOUNDING HISTORY AND THE 22 FOUNDERS
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Questions 1-30 --- ---
1. On what date was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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founded? ---
• Answer: January 13, 1913 --- --- --- ---
• Rationale: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was founded on
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January 13, 1913, by twenty-two women at Howard
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, University in Washington, D.C. . This is the most fundamental
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --
- date in Delta history and is commemorated annually as
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Founders' Day. The date is also significant because it marks
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the split from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. .
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
2. On which university campus was Delta Sigma Theta
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founded? ---
• Answer: Howard University --- --- ---
• Rationale: Delta Sigma Theta was founded on the campus --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
of Howard University in Washington, D.C. . Howard
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University is a historically Black university and the birthplace
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
of several Divine Nine organizations. The university remains
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
a significant site in Delta history, with the "Fortitude"
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
sculpture located on campus to honor the founders .
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3. How many collegiate women founded Delta Sigma Theta?
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• Answer: 22 --- ---
• Rationale: Twenty-two women founded Delta Sigma Theta --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Sorority, Inc. . These founders were students at Howard
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University who sought to create an organization focused on
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public service and social activism rather than campus social
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
, activities . Their number is historically significant and often
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referenced in Delta traditions and ceremonies. --- --- --- --- --- ---
4. What motivated the founders to create Delta Sigma Theta?
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• Answer: They wanted to change the direction of Alpha
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Kappa Alpha toward social activism and public service, and
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
they wanted to establish a national organization with a new
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
name, symbols, and colors
--- --- --- ---
• Rationale: The twenty-two founders were not pleased with
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Alpha Kappa Alpha's focus on campus social activities . They
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --
- wanted to reorganize the sorority to address public service,
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
women's advancement, and political activism . They also
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
wanted to establish a national organization with its own
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
identity, change the colors and symbols, and pursue a more
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
politically oriented mission . --- --- --- ---
5. What was the first public act performed by the Delta
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founders? ---
• Answer: Participation in the Women's Suffrage March in
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Washington, D.C., in March 1913 --- --- --- --- ---
• Rationale: Less than two months after the sorority's founding,
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-- the Delta founders participated in the historic
--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
, 1913 Women's Suffrage March on Pennsylvania Avenue in
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Washington, D.C. . They marched under the Delta Sigma --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Theta banner on the day before Woodrow Wilson's
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inauguration, demonstrating their commitment to political --- --- --- --- --- ---
activism and women's rights . --- --- --- --- ---
6. Some of the founders were previously members of which
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
sorority? ---
• Answer: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
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• Rationale: Some of the founders were already members of
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
the Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. . The
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
seven elected officers of Alpha Kappa Alpha were among
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
the founders who voted to change the sorority's name and
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
direction . This led to the split and the creation of Delta
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Sigma Theta . --- --- ---
7. When was the Delta Sigma Theta Grand Chapter nationally
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incorporated?
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• Answer: January 20, 1930 --- --- --- ---
• Rationale: The organization's Grand Chapter was nationally
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-- incorporated on January 20, 1930 . Delta became the first --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
