Delta Sigma Theta Practice Test Questions
with Correct Answers
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
At what national convention was Grand Chapter created? - -1st national convention
To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated? - -National Staff
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
Name the Nine Jewels - -Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty,
Justice, Purity, Temperance
Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year? - -1930
The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta? - -Founders
Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath? - -Mary Church Terrell
What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention? - -Alpha, Gamma,
Epsilon
What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication? - -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? - -sisterhood, Black, college, women,
public service
Who designed the Sorority Crest? - -F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones
On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded? - -Howard University
Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn - -Alice Dunbar Nelson and
Florence Cole Talbert
What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma Theta? -
-New York City and Washington D.C.
What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929? - -hundreds of Delta women would
rededicate themselves to the sorority
Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie Tanner Mossell
Alexander - -Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund
Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST? - -Nannie Burroughs
How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities? - -Nine
At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated? - -5th convention
The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek letter on the Delta Pin?
- -The Sigma
I will close my ears - -and seal my lips to slanderous gossip
, 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
I will never belittle any race - -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 - -Zephyr Chisom
Carter
First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17, 1919 - -Mamie Reddy
Rose
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
First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae chapter -
-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 - -Winona Cargile Alexander
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
Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington DC - -Olive Claire Jones
Served as the Recording Secretary of the Alpha Chapter; taught Claflin College in Orangeburg, SC -
-Edith Motte Young
The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter, first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter
member of the Queens Alumnae chapter - -Ethel Cuff Black
with Correct Answers
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
At what national convention was Grand Chapter created? - -1st national convention
To whom or to what group is the jewel Temperance dedicated? - -National Staff
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
Name the Nine Jewels - -Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty,
Justice, Purity, Temperance
Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year? - -1930
The Jewel Compassion is dedicated to whom or what group in Delta? - -Founders
Which Honorary Member wrote the Delta Oath? - -Mary Church Terrell
What three chapters were in attendance at the First National Convention? - -Alpha, Gamma,
Epsilon
What is the meaning of Jewel Dedication? - -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? - -sisterhood, Black, college, women,
public service
Who designed the Sorority Crest? - -F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette Tripplet Jones
On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded? - -Howard University
Name the writers of the Delta Sigma Theta National Hymn - -Alice Dunbar Nelson and
Florence Cole Talbert
What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma Theta? -
-New York City and Washington D.C.
What is the purpose of Jubilee Year established in 1929? - -hundreds of Delta women would
rededicate themselves to the sorority
Please name the four funds established under first national president Sadie Tanner Mossell
Alexander - -Housing fund, sinking fund, scholarship award fund, college tuition fund
Who was the first Honorary Member initiated into DST? - -Nannie Burroughs
How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities? - -Nine
At what convention was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated? - -5th convention
The jewels representing the nine cardinal virtues are located on which Greek letter on the Delta Pin?
- -The Sigma
I will close my ears - -and seal my lips to slanderous gossip
, 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
I will never belittle any race - -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 - -Zephyr Chisom
Carter
First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega on February 17, 1919 - -Mamie Reddy
Rose
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
First sergeant-at-arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae chapter -
-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 - -Winona Cargile Alexander
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
Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington DC - -Olive Claire Jones
Served as the Recording Secretary of the Alpha Chapter; taught Claflin College in Orangeburg, SC -
-Edith Motte Young
The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter, first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter
member of the Queens Alumnae chapter - -Ethel Cuff Black
