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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Equiano say the Eboe punish adultery?
(a) Adultery is not punished by the Eboe at all.
(b) A woman found to have committed adultery could be punished with death or slavery.
(c) Adultery is punished by making people wear a scarlet letter "A" on their clothing.
(d) Only men are punished for adultery, usually with death.

2. What does Equiano say that Biblical scholars have said about Africans?
(a) That they were created separately from Adam and Eve.
(b) That they were created to be slaves.
(c) That they are evil.
(d) That they are descended from Abraham.

3. What does Equiano expect to do after the war?
(a) Return to Africa and find his parents.
(b) Attempt to get an officer's commission in the navy.
(c) Continue working with Pascal.
(d) Purchase his freedom and get an education.

4. Why does Equiano believe he has already bought his way out of slavery in Chapter 4?
(a) Because the King of England promised freedom to all slaves who served in the war.
(b) Because Pascal takes all his naval pay.
(c) Because when Pascal purchased him, he promised to set Equiano free on his 21st birthday.
(d) Because Pascal promised him he would set him free if the English won the war.

5. How do Equiano's shipmates feel about Pascal selling him?
(a) They don't care one way or the other.
(b) They are happy, because Equiano always won fights against them.
(c) They think it is very unfair.
(d) They think it is just as well, because Pascal was not a good master and Equiano will be better off out of the navy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the second slave ship?

2. Who does Equiano become friends with after he is purchased by Pascal?

3. What animal does Equiano accidentally kill with a pebble?

4. What two things does Equiano think are "magic" when he sees a town built by white people for the first time?

5. What European characteristic does Equiano say helps prove that Europeans and Africans are related?

(see the answer key)

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