Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Quizzes

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Quiz 1

1 What year was the book published?
1845

1800

1865

1861
2 Who wrote the introduction for the book?
Frederick Douglass

Susan B. Anthony

Lydia Maria Child

Harriet Tubman
3 Harriet realizes she is a slave when she is
five years old

six years old

ten years old

fourteen years old
4 Harriet's first mistress bequeathes her to
Mrs. Flint

Miss Emily Flint

her grandmother

Dr. Flint
5 Who else is purchased by Dr. Flint?
Phillip

William

Aunt Marthy

Benjamin
6 Who was Harriet indebted to for all her love and comforts?
Aunt Marthy

William

No one

Dr. Flint
7 When is hiring day in the South?
New Year's Day

Christmas Eve

New Year's Eve

Christmas Day
8 Who was "the slave that dared to feel like a man"?
Benjamin

William

Benny

Phillip
9 Who does Benjamin encounter in the north?
William

Peter

Phillip

Aunt Marthy
10 Why does Harriet say she has entered a dangerous time in her life?
She falls in love with a white man

She becomes sick

Dr. Flint lusts after her

She has to work harder
11 Who protects Harriet from Dr. Flint?
Aunt Marthy

Mr. Flint

Mrs. Flint

Phillip
12 How did Mrs. Flint treat Harriet?
She barely noticed her

She felt sorry for her

She was kind and loving

She was cruel and jealous
13 The black man Harriet fell in love with was a
slave

doctor

carpenter

lawyer
14 Slaves are taught to think that the north
is favorable to slavery

is inhospitable

is racist

is an easy place to live
15 Harriet writes about a Mr. Litch and his
cruel and innovative punishments toward slaves

love for her

religious ideas

abolitionist sentiments
16 Harriet says that
slavery is better than being a low white

slavery is bad for both whites and blacks

slavery is not a problem for white children

slavery is mostly bad for whites
17 What is Harriet ashamed of when she writes of a period of her life that caused embarrassment and sorrow?
Sleeping with Mr. Sands

Being raped by Dr. Flint

Running away

Marrying the free black man
18 Aunt Marthy's first response to Harriet when she finds out she is pregnant is
excitement

ambivalence

shame and reproach

fear and rage
19 Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Harriet names her son Benjamin

Harriet never grows to love her son

Harriet hopes Benjamin will die, but then changes her mind

Her son almost dies when he is born prematurely
20 What historical event scares the southern slaveowners in 1831?
Harper's Ferry

The Stono Rebellion

The Fugitive Slave Act

Nat Turner's Rebellion
21 Who takes over the vigilance and violence toward slaves?
Free blacks

Planters' sons

The low whites

Rich planters
22 What does the white captain find in Aunt Marthy's house?
Money

Tools

Letters

A Gun
23 The first minister Harriet hears focuses mostly on
the master-slave relationship

the end times

the sins of the slaves

the love of Christ
24 The new clergyman believed that
slaves were more sinful than whites

the slaveholders were pure and holy

slaves were human beings too

the slaves were too ignorant to listen to sermons
25 What does the elderly Fred ask of Harriet?
To teach him to read

To write him letters

To borrow money

To marry him

Why does Linda finally decide to take flight? (Chapter XVII.)

where did jacob's stay for seven year to the north

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How does Jacobs communicate with the members of the family?

This depends on where she is hiding. Sometimes she communicates through letters. Sometimes she communicates...

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Harriet mentions Uncle Fred, an old man "whose piety and childlike trust in God were beautiful to witness." He asked her to teach him to read and she complied. He made tremendous progress. Harriet remarks that there were so many like Fred who were...

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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