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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 NOT a sound Cudjo describes hearing when he was still in bed on the date when the Dahomey raided the kingdom in which Cudjo resided?
2. What position had the new head of Africa Town held back in Africa?
3. What type of creature does Cudjo use to explain his boys' tendency to get into fights?
4. How many men arrive from Dahomey and ask Cudjo to speak with Cudjo's king?
5. At what time of day does Cudjo become a slave to the Dahomey people?
Short Essay Questions
1. What action does Cudjo take against the railroad company and what is the result of that action?
2. Who funded Hurston's second expedition to interview Cudjo and what involvement did she come to have in Cudjo's life?
3. What do the three men from Dahomey say when they meet with Cudjo's king, King Akia'on?
4. What kind of work do Cudjo and his countrymen and women perform once they are free?
5. When Hurston comes to interview Cudjo on a Saturday at the start of Chapter VI entitled Barracoon, what activities do the two end up doing instead?
6. In Chapter VIII entitled Freedom, Cudjo tells of getting together with his countrymen after they had been freed. What was the general consensus within this meeting?
7. How does Cudjo describe the origins of his possible engagement to a particular woman in Africa?
8. How does Cudjo react to the news that a "nice white lady in New York" (51) is interested in his story?
9. What reason does Cudjo provide for not wanting Hurston to visit him on Saturdays?
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 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?
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
What is Hurston's message regarding the connection between one's geographical origin and one's sense of identity and how does she get this message across to the reader?
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