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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 are Eboe children named?
2. How do Equiano's shipmates feel about Pascal selling him?
3. After the battle at Gibraltar, what happens to Pascal?
4. When Equiano is sold to a merchant in Tinmah, how is he treated?
5. What kind of reputation does Equiano's second owner in the West Indies have?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the system of slavery practiced among the Eboe people.
2. How does the description of military life in Chapter 3 reflect on English culture?
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. Does Equiano's personality seem to change at all in Chapter 3?
5. Explain the significance of the Eboe practice of merchants kissing the food that they are offering for sale.
6. In Chapter 3, how is Pascal characterized?
7. Explain the argument Equiano makes to prove that Africans are related to Europeans.
8. Describe Captain Doran's personality.
9. Who is John Mondle and what is his significance?
10. How is Equiano characterized by his behavior while he is a slave in Africa?
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
Compare and contrast any three locations that Equiano travels to or describes in The Interesting Narrative. What conclusions can readers draw from the information Equiano presents about these three different locations?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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