Ain’t I a Woman? (Speech) Quizzes

Ain't I a Woman? (Speech) Quiz

By Talia Rothstein · Last reviewed December 18, 2019

1 In what context did Sojourner Truth first give this speech?

In Congress

At a gathering of former slaves

At a women's rights conference

At an abolitionism conference
2 How did the speech first become a text?

Sojourner Truth published a copy of the speech.

A journalist in the audience transcribed it and published it a month later.

It was published twelve years later in the New York Independent.

It was written down posthumously.
3 When ddi the phrase, 'Ain't I a woman,' first appear in a version of Sojourner Truth's speech?

1851

1830

1900

1863
4 What was one way that Frances Gage changed Sojourner Truth's speech?

She changed Sojourner Truth's name

She changed the words to reflect a southern slave dialect

She deleted the religious imagery

She added religious imagery
5 Which biblical reference did Sojourner Truth NOT make in her speech?

The story of Lazarus

The story of Adam and Eve

The birth of Jesus

Noah's Ark
6 How does Truth begin the speech?

By asking permission to speak

By stating her name

By invoking the name of Jesus

By expressing sympathy for white men
7 What does Truth compare herself to at the start of her speech?

Women's rights

A hawk

A buzzard

God
8 What does Truth say about herself in comparison to most men?

She is as strong and capable as they are

She is as intelligent as they are

She looks the same as them

She is just as wealthy as them
9 What quantity of intellect does Truth say that women have?

A teaspoon

Infinite

A pint

A quart
10 What quantity of intellect does Truth say that men have?

Infinite

A quart

A pint

A teaspoon
11 Why does Truth say that men should not be afraid of giving women their rights?

Because it is the right thing to do

Because God wants it

Because women won't leave men alone until they do

Because women cannot take more than they are capable of, which is less than men
12 How does Truth describe the men's reaction to women asking for their rights?

Support

Confusion

Pity

Anger
13 What does Truth say will happen when men give women their rights?

They will become more powerful, too

They will feel better

They will see that women can be useful

They will regret it
14 What is Truth's interpretation of the story of Adam and Eve?

That Eve should be given a second chance in the form of women's rights

That Adam and Eve were equally to blame

That Eve should be punished forever

That Adam did not contribute much
15 What does Truth ask her audience about Jesus?

How he would treat women today if asked

How he would handle the issue of slavery today

How he came into the world

How he felt about women
16 What does Truth say about the role of men in the birth of Jesus?

They played a central role

They tried to prevent it

They played no role

They played a minor role
17 What metaphor or idiom does Truth end on?

"Throw the baby out with the bathwater"

"Between a hawk and a buzzard"

"A penny saved is a penny earned"

"Between a rock and a high place"
18 In which version of Sojourner Truth's published speech does the title, 'Ain't I a Woman?' come from?

The 1863 version

The 1851 version

An audio recording of her speech

A post-humous version
19 What is an issue with Frances Gage's 1863 reproduction of Sojourner Truth's speech?

It mistakenly identifies figures from the Bible

It advocates against women's rights

It misattributes the speech to someone else

It fabricates a southern slave dialect when Truth did not speak that way
20 Where was Sojourner Truth born?

New York

Jerusalem

Georgia

Akron, Ohio
21 When did Sojourner Truth adopt that name?

In 1843

At birth

At the time of her speech in Akron, Ohio

At the time of the first publication of her speech
22 What other language did Sojourner Truth speak as a child other than English?

French

Spanish

Dutch

Russian
23 When did Sojourner Truth convert to Christianity?

Immediately after giving her speech in Akron, Ohio

After arriving to New York City as a free woman

In the days before her death

As a child slave
24 What kind of Christian was Sojourner Truth?

Baptist

Methodist

Evangelical

Catholic
25 When did Sojourner Truth publish her memoirs?

In 1863

In 1850

In 1851

Posthumously

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