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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. During the last year of the war, what are Equiano and Pascal doing?
2. What does "Embrenche" mean?
3. Which of the following is Equiano allowed to do after the English win the battle?
4. Why does Equiano stop eating on the slave ship?
5. How does Equiano say the Eboe punish adultery?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Pascal acts the way he does near the end of Chapter 4?
2. Explain the argument Equiano makes to prove that Africans are related to Europeans.
3. 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?
4. Discuss the significance of Equiano's trip to Philadelphia.
5. In Chapter 4, how is Pascal's personality revealed to readers?
6. After Pascal sells him to a new owner, how does Equiano deal with the disappointment?
7. Describe what it means for an Eboe man to be designated as "Embrenche."
8. Why does Equiano believe that the end of the war means he will be free?
9. Who is John Mondle and what is his significance?
10. Why is it ironic that Equiano goes with Pascal to help him find men to force into military service?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In Chapter 10, Equiano decides to go to Turkey because the Turks are the most Christ-like people he believes he has met. Based on his descriptions of all the different national and ethnic groups he encounters, explain how he might have come to this conclusion. Is it supported by the information he has presented elsewhere in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Compare Equiano's relationships with each of the people who "own" him, being sure to consider the overall character of the relationship, the way in which Equiano's relationship with each owner did or did not help Equiano to put forward any of his own goals, and the ways in which the relationship with each owner began and ended.
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