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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Conde portray Christianity?
(a) Corrupt.
(b) Intense.
(c) Innocent.
(d) Humiliating.

2. What defines spiritual and emotional subjugation in the text?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Physical subjugation.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Christianity.

3. What is the name of the African-American activist in the Forward?
(a) Alisha Daniels.
(b) Angela Davis.
(c) Amanda Dunkirk.
(d) Ariana Dust.

4. Who is presented as the most oppressive type of person?
(a) White male Christians.
(b) Slave owners.
(c) Middle-aged white women.
(d) Those who believe in a religious deity.

5. What does Tituba decide she wants to be a source of?
(a) Pain.
(b) Healing.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tituba feel about Christianity?

2. What is purity equivalent to in the text?

3. Tituba's story is intended to be perceived in what way?

4. What does Maryse Conde claim to sense strongly, which helped her to write this book?

5. What is Tituba told to do by Yaya and Abena?

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