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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 kind of beverage was drunk by the mourners of Cudjo's grandfather?
2. When remonstrating Hurston for not recognizing the importance of ancestors' stories, Cudjo asks her where the house is located in which the what is the leader?
3. About whom is Cudjo trying to tell Hurston when she breaks in, telling Cudjo that she wants to hear more about his own life?
4. From what type of implement does Cudjo always drink his well water?
5. In what year had Cudjo lost his wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. How old is Cudjo at the time he is first interviewed by Zora Neale Hurston and what special problems does his age pose to Hurston's process?
2. At what age does Cudjo describe leaving Africa, and what does he say about the number of initiation rites he had completed by that time?
3. What are the circumstances of Zora Neale Hurston first meeting with Cudjo?
4. What is the significance of the year 1859 in Cudjo's life?
5. What major event happens within Cudjo's family in the story he tells at the start of Chapter III?
6. What reason does Cudjo give for having another visitor the first day Zora Neale Hurston comes to interview him at his home?
7. What does Cudjo mean when he tells Hurston that his family "ain' got no ivory be de door" (19)?
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. What is the significance of Cudjo's reaction when Hurston tells him to focus on his own story rather than on his grandfather's story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of injustice portrayed in Zora Neale Hurston’s book Barracoon? Examine the author's treatment of messages regarding injustice throughout the work.
Essay Topic 2
What ultimate message is Hurston's book Barracoon sending about the mythical qualities of the United States and its historical treatment of people of color?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's and interviewee’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the book Barracoon. How do Zora Neale Hurston and her interviewee Cudjo use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?
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