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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 island in the West Indies does Equiano's new owner take him to?

2. How do the Eboe dress?

3. At the end of his long overland journey in Africa, where does Equiano arrive?

4. How does Pascal keep Equiano on the ship when he is going to collect their naval pay?

5. How do Equiano's shipmates feel about Pascal selling him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Farmer wants to help Equiano?

2. Describe what it means for an Eboe man to be designated as "Embrenche."

3. What upsets Equiano the most about the slave auctions in the West Indies?

4. Compare Equiano's experiences in Montserrat with his experiences in Philadelphia.

5. Describe Robert King's personality.

6. How are King, Equiano, and Famer all characterized by the episode when King threatens to sell Equiano and Farmer persuades him not to do that?

7. List two important concepts in Eboe religion, as Equiano describes it.

8. Discuss the significance of Equiano's trip to Philadelphia.

9. The white people in Chapter 2 do not come out looking very good. How do you think white readers at the time Equiano wrote his book would have felt about his depiction of their race, and why?

10. Why does Equiano learn navigation but then not use his new skills when he has the opportunity to escape on Farmer's ship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Equiano's life story exposed him to many different cultures. His book explores African culture, English culture, plantation culture, maritime culture, military culture, and religious culture, among others. Select three different cultural or subcultural groups that Equiano describes and compare and contrast them.

Essay Topic 2

Equiano's narrative includes many different kinds of travel, from his forced travel as a slave to travel for commercial purposes to exploratory travel. Compare the different kinds of travel Equiano describes, making sure to cover all the categories of travel you identify and to use examples from as many different voyages in the book as possible.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of family throughout Equiano's Narrative.

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