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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the document that verifies a former slave has been given his or her freedom?
(a) Manual transmission.
(b) Certificate of Freedom.
(c) Emancipation.
(d) Manumission.

2. When Equiano gets the opportunity to sail away with Farmer's ship, what does he do?
(a) Sails to Africa.
(b) Doesn't take the ship.
(c) Sails away, but gets lost.
(d) Sails to Philadelphia.

3. What new name does Pascal give Equiano?
(a) Richard Baker.
(b) Herman Melville.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Gustavus Vasa.

4. How do the Eboe dress?
(a) Both men and women wrap a single piece of blue fabric around their bodies.
(b) They go naked, except for a small loin cloth.
(c) The men wear pants and white shirts, and the women wear long, colorful dresses.
(d) Wealthier Eboe people wear elaborate costumes made of feathers, precious gems, and animal skin, but poor Eboe are nearly naked.

5. Who does Equiano become friends with after he is purchased by Pascal?
(a) Arthur Gordon Pym.
(b) Richard Burton.
(c) Gustavus Vasa.
(d) Richard Baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Equiano get the first mate to teach him navigation?

2. During the battle at Gibraltar, what is Equiano's job?

3. What European characteristic does Equiano say helps prove that Europeans and Africans are related?

4. What does Equiano think is "magic" on the slave ships?

5. On a quest for a new religion, why does Equiano decide to go to Turkey?

(see the answer key)

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