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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 is the title of Chapter VII?
2. How many men arrive from Dahomey and ask Cudjo to speak with Cudjo's king?
3. At what time of day does Cudjo say the Dahomey had broken the Great Gate of Tokkoi?
4. What position had the killer of Cudjo's son Cudjo taken by the time of Cudjo's discussion of him in Barracoon?
5. In what type of contraption does the King of Dahomey travel during the period when Cudjo is captured?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Cudjo react to the news that a "nice white lady in New York" (51) is interested in his story?
2. What is the result when Cudjo asks Captain Tim Meaher to give the citizens of Africa Town part of his land to live on?
3. To what position do the people of Africa Town appoint Cudjo when they see he is unable to work?
4. Who funded Hurston's second expedition to interview Cudjo and what involvement did she come to have in Cudjo's life?
5. Describe a time when the sound motif appears within Cudjo's narrative.
6. How much land does Cudjo take for himself when the land purchased from the Meahers is divided up?
7. While Cudjo says that he tries to forgive the sheriff who shot his son Cudjo, he thinks that the man should take what action?
8. In what way do dreams arise within Cudjo's comments to Hurston?
9. After deciding to stay in America, Cudjo and his countrymen and women adopt what type of organizational structure within their community?
10. What does Cudjo say about the way in which he and other Africans had been treated by black people born in America?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the motif of sound within Hurston's book Barracoon.
Essay Topic 2
How does Zora Neale Hurston utilize irony within the text of Barracoon? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the essay and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.
Essay Topic 3
Perform a biographical criticism of Hurston's book Barracoon by researching the author's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your author research.
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