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

1861

1800

1865
2 Who wrote the introduction for the book?
Susan B. Anthony

Lydia Maria Child

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass
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
Dr. Flint

Mrs. Flint

her grandmother

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

Aunt Marthy

Benjamin

William
6 Who was Harriet indebted to for all her love and comforts?
William

Aunt Marthy

No one

Dr. Flint
7 When is hiring day in the South?
Christmas Day

New Year's Day

Christmas Eve

New Year's Eve
8 Who was "the slave that dared to feel like a man"?
Benjamin

William

Benny

Phillip
9 Who does Benjamin encounter in the north?
Peter

William

Aunt Marthy

Phillip
10 Why does Harriet say she has entered a dangerous time in her life?
Dr. Flint lusts after her

She becomes sick

She has to work harder

She falls in love with a white man
11 Who protects Harriet from Dr. Flint?
Phillip

Aunt Marthy

Mrs. Flint

Mr. Flint
12 How did Mrs. Flint treat Harriet?
She felt sorry for her

She was kind and loving

She barely noticed her

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

doctor

lawyer

slave
14 Slaves are taught to think that the north
is an easy place to live

is favorable to slavery

is inhospitable

is racist
15 Harriet writes about a Mr. Litch and his
abolitionist sentiments

religious ideas

love for her

cruel and innovative punishments toward slaves
16 Harriet says that
slavery is bad for both whites and blacks

slavery is mostly bad for whites

slavery is not a problem for white children

slavery is better than being a low white
17 What is Harriet ashamed of when she writes of a period of her life that caused embarrassment and sorrow?
Running away

Being raped by Dr. Flint

Marrying the free black man

Sleeping with Mr. Sands
18 Aunt Marthy's first response to Harriet when she finds out she is pregnant is
excitement

fear and rage

shame and reproach

ambivalence
19 Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Harriet hopes Benjamin will die, but then changes her mind

Harriet names her son Benjamin

Harriet never grows to love her son

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

The Fugitive Slave Act

The Stono Rebellion

Harper's Ferry
21 Who takes over the vigilance and violence toward slaves?
Planters' sons

Free blacks

The low whites

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

A Gun

Tools

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

the sins of the slaves

the love of Christ

the end times
24 The new clergyman believed that
slaves were more sinful than whites

the slaves were too ignorant to listen to sermons

the slaveholders were pure and holy

slaves were human beings too
25 What does the elderly Fred ask of Harriet?
To borrow money

To marry him

To write him letters

To teach him to read

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?

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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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