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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 much money does the dying man turn out to have in his fortune?

2. While Equiano is getting everyone off the Nancy and to safety, what are the white crew members doing?

3. Why does the English government start an expedition to Sierra Leone?

4. What happens to Equiano on shipboard on October 6?

5. What do some people say after the problems on the way from New Providence to Georgia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Compare Phillips to Farmer.

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

4. Why do you think Equiano goes back and forth so much between going to sea and other ways of making a living, like hairdressing?

5. How are Equiano and Farmer each characterized by the incident with the bulls and the turkeys?

6. Why does Equiano choose to go with Dr. Irving to start a plantation in Jamaica?

7. Describe Equiano's trip to New York and Philadelphia in 1784.

8. Is there an implicit argument being made in Equiano's description of the time he spent in Turkey?

9. What three elements of Equiano's visit with the fisherman help him decide to become a Christian?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast John Annis's life with Equiano's. Could Equiano have met a fate like Annis's? What enables Equiano to avoid a sad end like Annis's? Be sure to identify the turning points during Equiano's life when things might have gone differently and set him on a course more like Annis's, and explain how Equiano avoided those dangers.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance and role of literacy in Equiano's life as described throughout The Interesting Narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Equiano's life story exposed him to many different cultures. His book explores African culture, English culture, plantation culture, maritime culture, military culture, and religious culture, among others. Select three different cultural or subcultural groups that Equiano describes and compare and contrast them.

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