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Which one of the following Civil War-era federal laws led directly to the creation of West Virginia University?
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By 1860, which of the following was the only institution of higher learning in present West Virginia?
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The Mason College of Music and Fine Arts was located in which city?
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Where was Mountain State University located?
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About how many one-room schools were in West Virginia in 1930-31?
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At its founding in 1961, this was the only institution of higher learning in the Ohio River Valley between Wheeling and Huntington?
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Which southern writer, known as one of the "Fugitives" who advanced agrarian values in his literature, once chaired the West Virginia University English department?
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This 30-year history professor at what is now WVU Tech was West Virginia's first official Historian Laureate.
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What former leader of Intuit became president of Marshall University in 2021?
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Which one of these schools was established on the site of a former slave plantation?
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