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

2. What religious group does Equiano do a lot of business with in Philadelphia?

3. Who helps Equiano decide to become a Christian?

4. How does the ship Nancy get wrecked?

5. Why does the English government start an expedition to Sierra Leone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Equiano's encounter with Hughes?

2. When Equiano decides he needs to find a religion to commit to (after his trip to the North Pole), how does he begin his search?

3. Describe Equiano's trip to New York and Philadelphia in 1784.

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

5. Is Equiano's encounter with Pascal when he returns to England the way you expected it to be?

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

7. How does the episode with the silversmith parallel earlier events in The Interesting Narrative?

8. Why does Equiano want to become ordained?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast John Annis's life with Equiano's. Could Equiano have met a fate like Annis's? What enables Equiano to avoid a sad end like Annis's? Be sure to identify the turning points during Equiano's life when things might have gone differently and set him on a course more like Annis's, and explain how Equiano avoided those dangers.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Miss Guerins in the book, including both (a) her role in Equiano's life and (b) the effect of the presence of this figure in the book on the white eighteenth-century reader.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast slavery in Africa as described by Equiano with slavery of Africans held by Englishmen as Equiano describes it. Be sure to include as many points of comparison as possible.

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