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Test your knowledge of the Relief Society organization.

1. What is the Relief Society motto?
Faith, Hope, Charity
Charity Never Faileth
Love One Another

2. What are the Relief Society colors?
Blue and gold
Red, white and blue
Blue, red and gold

3. When was the Relief Society founded?
March 16, 1843
March 17, 1844
March 17, 1842

4. What was the original name of the Relief Society?
The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo
The Nauvoo Female Relief Society
The Nauvoo Women's Relief Society

5. Who was the first general president of the Relief Society?
Eliza R. Snow
Elizabeth Ann Whitney
Emma Hale Smith

6. How many women signed the petition sent to Thomas Carlin on behalf of the Prophet Joseph Smith?
100
1,000
10,000

7. How many members were there on the day the Relief Society was first organized?
20
35
50

8. In 1980, Relief Society president Barbara B. Smith appeared the Phil Donahue show to discuss what topic?
Polygamy
The Priesthood
Equal Rights Ammendment

9. What is the Relief Society emblem?
Handcart
Beehive
Sego Lily

10. Of the following people who did NOT serve as president of the Relief Society?
Elizabeth Ann Whitney
Louise Y. Robison
Emmeline B. Wells

11. Which sister served the longest as General Relief Society President?
Eliza R. Snow
Belle Spafford
Barbara B. Smith

12. Which Relief Society President told  Heber J. Grant that she intended to leave her office everyday just before 3:30 p.m. so that she could be home when her children arrived home from school?
Clarissa Smith Williams
Elaine Jack
Bathsheba Smith

13. Which Relief Society president adopted the motto, "Welcome the task that takes you beyond yourself"?
Eliza R. Snow
Amy Brown Lyman
Louisa Yates Robinson

14. As a 19-year old she was the youngest of the twenty women present at the first meeting of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo. She later became the 4th General President of the Relief Society. Who was she?
Bathsheba Smith
Zina D.H. Young
Emmeline W. Wells

15. In what year was the first General Women's Conference held?
1880
1960
1978