Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the Eboe mostly drink?
2. What kind of reputation does Equiano's second owner in the West Indies have?
3. Which of the following does Equiano see in the plantation house, which impress him?
4. What two skills is Equiano taught as a child?
5. When Equiano feels an earthquake during the night, what does he think it is?
Short Essay Questions
1. The white people in Chapter 2 do not come out looking very good. How do you think white readers at the time Equiano wrote his book would have felt about his depiction of their race, and why?
2. Who is John Mondle and what is his significance?
3. Compare Equiano's experiences in Montserrat with his experiences in Philadelphia.
4. Why does Equiano learn navigation but then not use his new skills when he has the opportunity to escape on Farmer's ship?
5. What features of the life of the Eboe people as Equiano describes are most interesting or surprising?
6. What is the effect on the reader of Equiano's emphasis on his early impressions of white people (that they are magic, devils, etc.)?
7. What upsets Equiano the most about the slave auctions in the West Indies?
8. Based on Equiano's descriptions of his experience as an African slave, would you say that system of slavery seems to match what Equiano told the reader about it in Chapter 1?
9. Describe what it means for an Eboe man to be designated as "Embrenche."
10. Discuss the role of food in Chapter 2.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are several ship wrecks and other dangerous encounters on the seas described in The Interesting Narrative. What is the overall effect of these descriptions on readers? Compare at least two descriptions of danger on the sea to demonstrate the effects each description might have on readers.
Essay Topic 2
One difficulty in The Interesting Narrative is that Equiano's audience is mostly white, and yet it is necessary for Equiano to describe many cases in which white people act cruelly to him or to other slaves or free blacks. Analyze the way Equiano manages this problem. Does he find ways to describe the cruelties of individual whites without alienating white readers?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of family throughout Equiano's Narrative.
|
This section contains 1,228 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
