Delta Achievement Test Complete Exam
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1. What date was Delta Sigma Theta founded? - ANSWER January 13, 1913
2. Delta Sigma Theta is dedicated to sisterhood, scholarship, and service. -
ANSWER True
3. Who designed the sorority crest - ANSWER F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette
Tripplet Jones
4. Where was Delta Sigma Theta founded? - ANSWER Howard University
5. How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation
activities? - ANSWER 9
6. Was Gabrielle Pelham one of the first three honorary members initiated into
DST? - ANSWER Yes
7. What Jewel is dedicated to Deceased Sorors - ANSWER purity
8. When was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated into DST - ANSWER 1923 (5th
national convention)
,9. The nine jewels that represent the cardinal virtues are located in the: -
ANSWER Sigma
10.What honorary member of DST was a journalist and worked with PBS -
ANSWER Gwen Ifill
11.What month and year the founders of DST participated in the woman's
suffrage march - ANSWER March 3 1913
12.National Headquarters was established under what National President -
ANSWER Jeannette Triplet Jones
13.What region is laurinburg alumnae located in? - ANSWER South Atlantic
14.Name the current south Atlantic regional director & representative -
ANSWER Dr Patricia Johnson & Kameryn Dixon
15.Name the 9 jewels of DST - ANSWER Compassion , Courtesy, dedication ,
fellowship, fidelity, honesty, justice , purity and temperance
16.The grand chapter was created at what convention? - ANSWER 1st
17.5 Components of the Minerva circle - ANSWER Sisterhood, Black,
College, Women, Public Service
18.Sorority most sacred trust - ANSWER The induction of new members
,19.Did honorary member Mary Church Terrell write the delta oath - ANSWER
Yes
20.The delta hym was adopted at what convention - ANSWER The 6th
21.What jewel is dedicated to the mothers of Delta members - ANSWER
Courtesy
22.What year was delta INCORPORATED - ANSWER 1930
23.The jewel dedication means, - ANSWER To a noble cause is one of
humanity's highest callings and act of consecration
24.First two graduate chapters authorized by DST - ANSWER Washington DC
and New York City
25.Who were the first two writers of the Delta National Hym - ANSWER
Alice Dunbar Nelson & Florence Cole Talbert McCleave
26.What founder was a music teacher in the Washington, DC School System? -
ANSWER Olive Claire Jones
27.This founder had interactions with US Presidents William Taft and John F.
Kennedy? - ANSWER Myra Davis Hemmings
28.This founders was the first Custodian Historian of the Alpha Chapter and the
first black social worker in New York City? - ANSWER Winona Cargile
Alexander
, 29.Who was the first Sgt at Arms of the Alpha Chapter and a charter member of
Dallas Alumnae? - ANSWER Frederica Chase Dodd
30.Who was the only founder to obtain a doctorate degree? - ANSWER Eliza
Pearl Shippen
31.Which founder taught at Claflin College in Orangeburg, SC? - ANSWER
Edith Motte Young
32.Which founder designed the ceremony for inducting Honorary Members? -
ANSWER Madree Penn White
33.What founder was from Belton, South Carolina? - ANSWER Mammie
Reddy Rose
34.This founder participated in the March on Washington - ANSWER Bertha
Pitts Campbell
35.Under which National President was the 1st Doctrine published and the
Leadership Academy established? - ANSWER Hortense Golden Canady
36.Who was president when the National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed? -
ANSWER 4th National President Anna Johnson Julian
37.What president was appointed by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon
to serve on several commissions? - ANSWER 12th National President
Jeanne L. Noble
Study Questions with Already Verified
Answers
1. What date was Delta Sigma Theta founded? - ANSWER January 13, 1913
2. Delta Sigma Theta is dedicated to sisterhood, scholarship, and service. -
ANSWER True
3. Who designed the sorority crest - ANSWER F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette
Tripplet Jones
4. Where was Delta Sigma Theta founded? - ANSWER Howard University
5. How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation
activities? - ANSWER 9
6. Was Gabrielle Pelham one of the first three honorary members initiated into
DST? - ANSWER Yes
7. What Jewel is dedicated to Deceased Sorors - ANSWER purity
8. When was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated into DST - ANSWER 1923 (5th
national convention)
,9. The nine jewels that represent the cardinal virtues are located in the: -
ANSWER Sigma
10.What honorary member of DST was a journalist and worked with PBS -
ANSWER Gwen Ifill
11.What month and year the founders of DST participated in the woman's
suffrage march - ANSWER March 3 1913
12.National Headquarters was established under what National President -
ANSWER Jeannette Triplet Jones
13.What region is laurinburg alumnae located in? - ANSWER South Atlantic
14.Name the current south Atlantic regional director & representative -
ANSWER Dr Patricia Johnson & Kameryn Dixon
15.Name the 9 jewels of DST - ANSWER Compassion , Courtesy, dedication ,
fellowship, fidelity, honesty, justice , purity and temperance
16.The grand chapter was created at what convention? - ANSWER 1st
17.5 Components of the Minerva circle - ANSWER Sisterhood, Black,
College, Women, Public Service
18.Sorority most sacred trust - ANSWER The induction of new members
,19.Did honorary member Mary Church Terrell write the delta oath - ANSWER
Yes
20.The delta hym was adopted at what convention - ANSWER The 6th
21.What jewel is dedicated to the mothers of Delta members - ANSWER
Courtesy
22.What year was delta INCORPORATED - ANSWER 1930
23.The jewel dedication means, - ANSWER To a noble cause is one of
humanity's highest callings and act of consecration
24.First two graduate chapters authorized by DST - ANSWER Washington DC
and New York City
25.Who were the first two writers of the Delta National Hym - ANSWER
Alice Dunbar Nelson & Florence Cole Talbert McCleave
26.What founder was a music teacher in the Washington, DC School System? -
ANSWER Olive Claire Jones
27.This founder had interactions with US Presidents William Taft and John F.
Kennedy? - ANSWER Myra Davis Hemmings
28.This founders was the first Custodian Historian of the Alpha Chapter and the
first black social worker in New York City? - ANSWER Winona Cargile
Alexander
, 29.Who was the first Sgt at Arms of the Alpha Chapter and a charter member of
Dallas Alumnae? - ANSWER Frederica Chase Dodd
30.Who was the only founder to obtain a doctorate degree? - ANSWER Eliza
Pearl Shippen
31.Which founder taught at Claflin College in Orangeburg, SC? - ANSWER
Edith Motte Young
32.Which founder designed the ceremony for inducting Honorary Members? -
ANSWER Madree Penn White
33.What founder was from Belton, South Carolina? - ANSWER Mammie
Reddy Rose
34.This founder participated in the March on Washington - ANSWER Bertha
Pitts Campbell
35.Under which National President was the 1st Doctrine published and the
Leadership Academy established? - ANSWER Hortense Golden Canady
36.Who was president when the National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed? -
ANSWER 4th National President Anna Johnson Julian
37.What president was appointed by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon
to serve on several commissions? - ANSWER 12th National President
Jeanne L. Noble
