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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sight does Equiano find strange in Turkey?
(a) Men wearing veils.
(b) Turkeys roaming the streets freely because they are sacred.
(c) Women wearing veils.
(d) Slaves wearing veils.

2. What religious group does Equiano do a lot of business with in Philadelphia?
(a) Quakers.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Catholic monks.
(d) Puritans.

3. Where has Equiano traveled since the first edition of his Narrative was published?
(a) Around the United Kingdom.
(b) To Australia.
(c) Around the United States.
(d) To Russia.

4. What other new skills does Equiano study in England?
(a) Acting and herbal healing.
(b) Dance and navigation.
(c) Painting and trigonometry.
(d) Music and arithmetic.

5. Why does Equiano brings turkeys on the ship instead of bulls?
(a) Farmer goes back on his promise to allow Equiano to bring the bulls on board.
(b) Equiano decides he can make more money selling turkeys.
(c) Equiano decides to stop eating beef.
(d) Equiano's bulls die before he can get them on the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he decides to buy his freedom, how much money has Equiano saved?

2. Once they are on the desert island, what does the crew do for food?

3. Why does Hughes tie Equiano up?

4. What important change does Equiano's new religious faith produce?

5. What is the name of the Native American Equiano tries to convert to Christianity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the episode with John Annis affect Equiano's quest for a religion?

2. When Equiano decides he needs to find a religion to commit to (after his trip to the North Pole), how does he begin his search?

3. How do Equiano's experiences in Georgia reflect on the conditions for free black men in the U.S. South before the Civil War?

4. Do you think it makes sense for Equiano to believe that he made the ship wreck by cursing it?

5. Compare Phillips to Farmer.

6. What is the significance of what happens to the bulls and the turkeys before the end of the voyage?

7. What are the possible conclusions about Equiano's prophetic dream about finding a boat on the return trip from Cadiz?

8. How does the episode with the silversmith parallel earlier events in The Interesting Narrative?

9. Does the manumission of Equiano seem like a high point to this autobiography?

10. Explain Equiano's economic argument for ending slavery.

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