Q 01/05

Which language did New York-born Sojourner Truth speak exclusively until about the age of nine?

A) Dutch

B) German

C) French

D) Swedish

Answer · why

A) Dutch

Dutch was her only language as a child on a settler family's estate in Ulster County, and she kept the accent for the rest of her life.

Q 02/05

At about age nine, Sojourner Truth was sold at auction for $100 in a single lot with what?

A) A team of oxen

B) A flock of sheep

C) A spinning wheel

D) A parcel of farmland

Answer · why

B) A flock of sheep

A flock of sheep was part of the same sale to John Neely near Kingston, New York. She later recalled him as a cruel master who beat her daily.

Q 03/05

Which world did NASA's Sojourner rover, named for Sojourner Truth in a student essay contest, explore in 1997?

A) The Moon

B) Venus

C) Titan

D) Mars

Answer · why

D) Mars

Mars got its first working rover that summer, when the six-wheeled Sojourner rolled off the Pathfinder lander. Valerie Ambroise, a 12-year-old from Co...

Q 04/05

In which Ohio city did Sojourner Truth give her best-known speech, at an 1851 women's rights convention?

A) Cleveland

B) Cincinnati

C) Akron

D) Columbus

Answer · why

C) Akron

Akron hosted the two-day convention at its Old Stone Church, and she spoke on the second day. The city opened a Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza with her ...

Q 05/05

Which magazine co-founded by Gloria Steinem was almost named Sojourner, after Sojourner Truth?

A) Bust

B) Essence

C) Ms.

D) Lilith

Answer · why

C) Ms.

Ms. got its title only after Sojourner was dropped because people took it for a travel magazine, Steinem recalled. Its first stand-alone issue appeare...