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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. Why doesn't Equiano become ordained?

2. What makes Equiano attracted to Christianity?

3. What minister does Equiano hear preach in Philadelphia?

4. What sight does Equiano find strange in Turkey?

5. Who does Equiano blame for the failure of his attempted conversion of the Native American?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the trip to the North Pole develop Equiano's characterization?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Equiano want to become ordained?

8. How are Equiano and Farmer each characterized by the incident with the bulls and the turkeys?

9. Why does Equiano choose to go with Dr. Irving to start a plantation in Jamaica?

10. Why does the episode with John Annis affect Equiano's quest for a religion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 10, Equiano decides to go to Turkey because the Turks are the most Christ-like people he believes he has met. Based on his descriptions of all the different national and ethnic groups he encounters, explain how he might have come to this conclusion. Is it supported by the information he has presented elsewhere in the book?

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

Is Equiano ever in the wrong, ethically, in his description of his own behavior? Write an essay examining the most ethically difficult positions Equiano describes himself facing in the book. Be sure to focus on at least two ethical dilemmas Equiano faces.

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