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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important change does Equiano's new religious faith produce?
(a) He no longer wants to live in England.
(b) He is no longer afraid to die.
(c) He no longer wants to be a bachelor.
(d) He no longer wants to be a hairdresser.

2. What does Equiano notice as a difference between Turkey and Europe?
(a) In Turkey, people are more tolerant of blacks.
(b) In Turkey, there is more fog than in England.
(c) In Turkey, the walls are made out of paper.
(d) In Turkey, everyone is illiterate.

3. What minister does Equiano hear preach in Philadelphia?
(a) George Greenfield.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) George Whitfield.

4. Why does Equiano feel uncomfortable with his shipmates after October 6?
(a) No one else on the ship is a Christian, so he has no one to share his happiness with.
(b) His shipmates no longer think he is a good sailor, since he fell overboard.
(c) Everyone blames him for the shipwreck.
(d) He will not make any money, since all his funds were invested in the turkeys that died.

5. What is the profession of the dying man who Captain Farmer cares for in his illness?
(a) Goldsmith.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Silversmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Equiano is getting everyone off the Nancy and to safety, what are the white crew members doing?

2. How does the ship Nancy get wrecked?

3. What else goes wrong with the Sierra Leone project?

4. What prevents Mulgrave's expedition from achieving its goal?

5. In Georgia, what does Equiano do that almost gets him flogged?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three elements of Equiano's visit with the fisherman help him decide to become a Christian?

2. How does the episode in which Phillips's crew see a flock of flamingos characterize the crew?

3. Do you think it makes sense for Equiano to believe that he made the ship wreck by cursing it?

4. Why do you think Equiano goes back and forth so much between going to sea and other ways of making a living, like hairdressing?

5. How does his experience of being "born again" change Equiano's attitude toward life?

6. Why does Equiano decide to leave Dr. Irving's plantation?

7. Is there an implicit argument being made in Equiano's description of the time he spent in Turkey?

8. Explain Equiano's economic argument for ending slavery.

9. Compare Phillips to Farmer.

10. How do Equiano's experiences in Georgia reflect on the conditions for free black men in the U.S. South before the Civil War?

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