Delta Sigma Theta Practice Test
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1. Mission Statement: 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
2. At what national convention was Grand Chapter created?: 1st national convention
3. To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated?: National Staff
4. What was the purpose of the National Vigilance Committee?: To keep in touch with
political and civic activities of the country as they affect the negro race
5. Name the Nine Jewels: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity,
Temperance
6. Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year?: 1930
7. The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta?: Founders
8. Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath?: Mary Church Terrell
9. What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention?: Al-
pha, Gamma, Epsilon
10. What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication?: To a noble cause is one of humanity's highest calling
and an act of consecration
11. Name the elements of the Minerva Circle of Identify?: sisterhood, Black, college, women,
public service
12. Who designed the Sorority Crest?: F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones
13. On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded?: Howard
University
14. Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn: Alice Dunbar Nelson and
Florence Cole Talbert
15. What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized
by Delta Sigma Theta?: New York City and Washington D.C.
16. What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929?: hundreds of Delta women
would rededicate themselves to the sorority
17. Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie
Tanner Mossell Alexander: Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund
18. How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation
activities?: Nine
19. Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST?: Nannie Burroughs
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20. At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated?: 5th convention
21. The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek
letter on the Delta Pin?: The Sigma
22. I will close my ears: and seal my lips to slanderous gossip
23. I will take an active interest in the welfare: 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
24. I will never belittle any race: and will try to persuade others to take the same just stand
25. 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: Zephyr Chisom Carter
26. Mother of five daughters, four of whom became Deltas; member of the
Baltimore Branch of the National Association of College Women; Dunbar: Vashti
Turley Murphy
27. First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17,
1919: Mamie Reddy Rose
28. First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas
Alumnae chapter: Frederica Chase Dodd
29. First Custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first black social
worker with the New York City and New York County charities: Winona Cargile Alexander
30. Presented First lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME
Zion Church in 1946. Had interactions with mutiple presidents including Taft
and Kennedy: Florence Letcher Toms
31. Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington DC: Olive Claire Jones
32. The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter, first Black teacher in Richmond
County, NY; charter member of the Queens Alumnae chapter: Ethel Cuff Black
33. Served as the Recording Secretary of the Alpha Chapter; taught Claflin Col-
lege in Orangeburg, SC: Edith Motte Young
34. Founder who selected the Delta mottoes, an acclaimed acress and Director
of the American Negro Theater: Osceola McCarty Adams
35. Graduated manga cum laude from Howard University; received her M.A. and
Ph.D: Eliza Pearl Shippen
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1. Mission Statement: 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
2. At what national convention was Grand Chapter created?: 1st national convention
3. To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated?: National Staff
4. What was the purpose of the National Vigilance Committee?: To keep in touch with
political and civic activities of the country as they affect the negro race
5. Name the Nine Jewels: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity,
Temperance
6. Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year?: 1930
7. The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta?: Founders
8. Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath?: Mary Church Terrell
9. What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention?: Al-
pha, Gamma, Epsilon
10. What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication?: To a noble cause is one of humanity's highest calling
and an act of consecration
11. Name the elements of the Minerva Circle of Identify?: sisterhood, Black, college, women,
public service
12. Who designed the Sorority Crest?: F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones
13. On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded?: Howard
University
14. Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn: Alice Dunbar Nelson and
Florence Cole Talbert
15. What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized
by Delta Sigma Theta?: New York City and Washington D.C.
16. What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929?: hundreds of Delta women
would rededicate themselves to the sorority
17. Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie
Tanner Mossell Alexander: Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund
18. How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation
activities?: Nine
19. Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST?: Nannie Burroughs
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20. At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated?: 5th convention
21. The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek
letter on the Delta Pin?: The Sigma
22. I will close my ears: and seal my lips to slanderous gossip
23. I will take an active interest in the welfare: 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
24. I will never belittle any race: and will try to persuade others to take the same just stand
25. 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: Zephyr Chisom Carter
26. Mother of five daughters, four of whom became Deltas; member of the
Baltimore Branch of the National Association of College Women; Dunbar: Vashti
Turley Murphy
27. First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17,
1919: Mamie Reddy Rose
28. First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas
Alumnae chapter: Frederica Chase Dodd
29. First Custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first black social
worker with the New York City and New York County charities: Winona Cargile Alexander
30. Presented First lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME
Zion Church in 1946. Had interactions with mutiple presidents including Taft
and Kennedy: Florence Letcher Toms
31. Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington DC: Olive Claire Jones
32. The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter, first Black teacher in Richmond
County, NY; charter member of the Queens Alumnae chapter: Ethel Cuff Black
33. Served as the Recording Secretary of the Alpha Chapter; taught Claflin Col-
lege in Orangeburg, SC: Edith Motte Young
34. Founder who selected the Delta mottoes, an acclaimed acress and Director
of the American Negro Theater: Osceola McCarty Adams
35. Graduated manga cum laude from Howard University; received her M.A. and
Ph.D: Eliza Pearl Shippen
