Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long in total had the voyage to buy slaves taken the men on the Clotilde?
2. Cudjo says that when a new wife comes to a house, she at first lives with whom until she gets her own house?
3. What does Cudjo name as his first inclination regarding the likely reason for the chief's decision to summon boys over the age of 14?
4. How many days pass between Cudjo telling Hurston about his grandfather's death and her next visit to his home?
5. The King of Dahomey at the time of Cudjo's capture had what name?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the story Cudjo tells about a murderer in his African village, what reason does the murderer give for his actions when he is questioned?
2. What major event happens within Cudjo's family in the story he tells at the start of Chapter III?
3. What is the custom Cudjo describes that involves the whiskers of a leopard?
4. Cudjo discusses a particular practice undertaken by rich men's daughters in his former community in Africa. What is that practice he describes?
5. What are the circumstances of Zora Neale Hurston first meeting with Cudjo?
6. What is Zora Neale Hurston's purpose for including a photograph of a doorway just prior to the Preface of Barracoon?
7. What does Cudjo say about secrecy within his former community in Africa?
8. Describe the death rituals Cudjo describes as being followed within his former African community.
9. What gift does Zora Neale Hurston bring to Cudjo the second time she comes to his home to interview him and what is his reaction to the gift?
10. Explain the customs followed by the wives of a deceased man in Cudjo's former African community.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the significance of three of Barracoon’s main symbols. How do these symbols connect to the overall themes within the text?
Essay Topic 2
How does Hurston's use of the third person point of view serve her purposes over the course of the book? Discuss how Hurston’s choice of point of view at certain points within the text helps to advance her treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of sound within Hurston's book Barracoon.
|
This section contains 1,095 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
