DELTA SIGMA THETA PRACTICE TEST
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Mission Statement - ANS Delta sigma theta sorority incorporated is an organization of college
educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public
service with a primary focus on the Black community
At what national convention was Grand Chapter created? - ANS 1st national convention
To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated? - ANS National Staff
What was the purpose of the National Vigilance Committee? - ANS To keep in touch with
political and civic activities of the country as they affect the negro race
Name the Nine Jewels - ANS Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty,
Justice, Purity, Temperance
Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year? - ANS 1930
The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta? - ANS Founders
Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath? - ANS Mary Church Terrell
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,What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention? - ANS Alpha,
Gamma, Epsilon
What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication? - ANS To a noble cause is one of humanity's
highest calling and an act of consecration
Name the elements of the Minerva Circle of Identify? - ANS sisterhood, Black, college,
women, public service
Who designed the Sorority Crest? - ANS F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones
On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded? - ANS Howard
University
Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn - ANS Alice Dunbar Nelson and
Florence Cole Talbert
What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma
Theta? - ANS New York City and Washington D.C.
What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929? - ANS hundreds of Delta women
would rededicate themselves to the sorority
Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie Tanner Mossell
Alexander - ANS Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund
How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities? -
ANS Nine
Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST? - ANS Nannie Burroughs
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, At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated? - ANS 5th convention
The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek letter on the Delta
Pin? - ANS The Sigma
I will close my ears - ANS and seal my lips to slanderous gossip
I will take an active interest in the welfare - ANS of my country, using my influence toward the
enactment of laws for the protection of the unfortunate and weak and for the repeal of those
depriving human beings of their privilieges and rights
I will never belittle any race - ANS and will try to persuade others to take the same just stand
Born in El Paso, Texas; featured in the Crisis Magazine in 1913; reporter for the Alpha Chapter,
gifted singer and actress who harnessed her vocal powers and sang for TV shows -
ANS Zephyr Chisom Carter
Mother of five daughters, four of whom became Deltas; member of the Baltimore Branch of the
National Association of College Women; Dunbar - ANS Vashti Turley Murphy
First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17, 1919 - ANS Mamie
Reddy Rose
First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae chapter -
ANS Frederica Chase Dodd
First Custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first black social worker with the New
York City and New York County charities - ANS Winona Cargile Alexander
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Mission Statement - ANS Delta sigma theta sorority incorporated is an organization of college
educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public
service with a primary focus on the Black community
At what national convention was Grand Chapter created? - ANS 1st national convention
To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated? - ANS National Staff
What was the purpose of the National Vigilance Committee? - ANS To keep in touch with
political and civic activities of the country as they affect the negro race
Name the Nine Jewels - ANS Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty,
Justice, Purity, Temperance
Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year? - ANS 1930
The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta? - ANS Founders
Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath? - ANS Mary Church Terrell
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention? - ANS Alpha,
Gamma, Epsilon
What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication? - ANS To a noble cause is one of humanity's
highest calling and an act of consecration
Name the elements of the Minerva Circle of Identify? - ANS sisterhood, Black, college,
women, public service
Who designed the Sorority Crest? - ANS F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones
On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded? - ANS Howard
University
Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn - ANS Alice Dunbar Nelson and
Florence Cole Talbert
What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma
Theta? - ANS New York City and Washington D.C.
What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929? - ANS hundreds of Delta women
would rededicate themselves to the sorority
Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie Tanner Mossell
Alexander - ANS Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund
How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities? -
ANS Nine
Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST? - ANS Nannie Burroughs
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, At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated? - ANS 5th convention
The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek letter on the Delta
Pin? - ANS The Sigma
I will close my ears - ANS and seal my lips to slanderous gossip
I will take an active interest in the welfare - ANS of my country, using my influence toward the
enactment of laws for the protection of the unfortunate and weak and for the repeal of those
depriving human beings of their privilieges and rights
I will never belittle any race - ANS and will try to persuade others to take the same just stand
Born in El Paso, Texas; featured in the Crisis Magazine in 1913; reporter for the Alpha Chapter,
gifted singer and actress who harnessed her vocal powers and sang for TV shows -
ANS Zephyr Chisom Carter
Mother of five daughters, four of whom became Deltas; member of the Baltimore Branch of the
National Association of College Women; Dunbar - ANS Vashti Turley Murphy
First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17, 1919 - ANS Mamie
Reddy Rose
First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae chapter -
ANS Frederica Chase Dodd
First Custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first black social worker with the New
York City and New York County charities - ANS Winona Cargile Alexander
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