Barracoon Test | Final Test - Hard

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Barracoon Test | Final Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had Cudjo and Seely been married before they had a child together?

2. Which group does Cudjo name as the one that "make de war so dey free us" (60)?

3. How much money did Cudjo's lawyer seek from the railroad for their role in Cudjo's accident with the train?

4. On what date does Cudjo say he was freed from slavery?

5. Cudjo's king is known throughout Africa as what part of the leopard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cudjo describe the origins of his possible engagement to a particular woman in Africa?

2. What action does Cudjo take against the railroad company and what is the result of that action?

3. What does Cudjo say about the way in which he and other Africans had been treated by black people born in America?

4. What instruction does Seely keep repeating to her son Cudjo when he is struggling to survive his wounds?

5. What is the significance of Chapter VII's title Barracoon?

6. After deciding to stay in America, Cudjo and his countrymen and women adopt what type of organizational structure within their community?

7. About what event does Cudjo tell Hurston that after the telling, causes his face to take on the appearance of, in Hurston's words, "a horror mask" (48)?

8. What does Cudjo say about the source of King of Dahomey's wealth?

9. In Chapter VIII entitled Freedom, Cudjo tells of getting together with his countrymen after they had been freed. What was the general consensus within this meeting?

10. What is the result when Cudjo asks Captain Tim Meaher to give the citizens of Africa Town part of his land to live on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's decision to faithfully represent Cudjo’s speech using his own colloquial vernacular. What purpose did she have in mind when insisting upon this condition for publication and how does this decision connect to and support the overarching themes and messages of the text?

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of hypocrisy depicted within the narrative of Barracoon?

Essay Topic 3

How does Zora Neale Hurston utilize irony within the text of Barracoon? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the essay and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.

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