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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. What position does Equiano receive in relationship to the Sierra Leone project?

2. What important change does Equiano's new religious faith produce?

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

4. After a trip to the West Indies in 1771, what profession does Equiano follow for about two years, before going back to sea?

5. What religious group does Equiano do a lot of business with in Philadelphia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Equiano's encounter with Pascal when he returns to England the way you expected it to be?

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

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

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

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

6. How do Equiano's experiences in Georgia reflect on the conditions for free black men in the U.S. South before the Civil War?

7. What is the significance of Equiano's encounter with Hughes?

8. How does the episode in which Phillips's crew see a flock of flamingos characterize the crew?

9. How does his experience of being "born again" change Equiano's attitude toward life?

10. When Equiano decides he needs to find a religion to commit to (after his trip to the North Pole), how does he begin his search?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Equiano is not the only person in his life story who experiences disappointments and setbacks on a regular basis. Select two disappointments, difficulties, or setbacks experienced by two different people other than Equiano and compare them to at least one of Equiano's setbacks.

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

Compare and contrast slavery in Africa as described by Equiano with slavery of Africans held by Englishmen as Equiano describes it. Be sure to include as many points of comparison as possible.

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