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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 is Equiano reunited with his sister?
2. How does Equiano describe the living conditions of most slaves in the West Indies?
3. Which of the following does Equiano say helps prove that Africans are related to Europeans?
4. What work does Equiano do at first for his second owner in the West Indies?
5. What does Pascal do for a living?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 3, does being purchased by Pascal seem like a good thing or a bad thing for Equiano?
2. In Chapter 3, how is Pascal characterized?
3. Why is it ironic that Equiano goes with Pascal to help him find men to force into military service?
4. What upsets Equiano the most about the slave auctions in the West Indies?
5. 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?
6. Describe the character of Thomas Farmer as it is developed in Chapter 6.
7. What is the effect on the reader of Equiano's emphasis on his early impressions of white people (that they are magic, devils, etc.)?
8. Who is John Mondle and what is his significance?
9. List two important concepts in Eboe religion, as Equiano describes it.
10. In Chapter 4, how is Pascal's personality revealed to readers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the importance and role of literacy in Equiano's life as described throughout The Interesting Narrative.
Essay Topic 2
Although it is true that most of the eighteenth-century readers of The Interesting Narrative would have been white and English, Equiano was certainly not the only former slave who had the ability to read and write English. While his black readers would have been a relatively small group, it is still worth considering how they would have responded to the book. Consider the book from beginning to end in terms of how you think someone with a life experience similar to Equiano's in some respects would have been likely to respond to it. Be sure to consider the many different aspects of the book, including Equiano's work as a sailor, his quest for freedom, his spiritual quest, and his work on the Sierra Leone project.
Essay Topic 3
Historians are not certain that the details of Equiano's early life as described in the Narrative are completely accurate. In fact, many historians believe that Equiano was not born in Africa but was, instead, born a slave in North or South Carolina. Write an essay in which you explain what difference it would make to a reader's response to the book if Equiano fictionalized the details of his early life. Consider, as well, what Equiano's motivations for fictionalizing might have been.
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