The Life of Olaudah Equiano Quizzes

The Life of Olaudah Equiano Quiz 1

1 In what year was this work published?
1798

1789

1797

1756
2 What genre of work is this?
Philosophical treatise

Autobiography

History

Political Tract
3 What name is Equiano given by his master?
Robert King

Charles Irving

Thomas Farmer

Gustavus Vassa
4 Why does Equiano include letters in the front of his book?
To legitimize his narrative

To criticize his ambition

To provide more family history

To provide the history of Africa
5 Whom does Equiano say he is favored by?
Mankind

The Queen

The Devil

Providence
6 In what year was Equiano born?
1754

1702

1745

1789
7 In what province/district was Equiano born?
Benin

Abyssinia

Eboe

Senegal
8 Equiano's father was a/an:
Elder/chief

Priest

Healer

Warrior
9 In the part of Africa were Equiano was raised, how were cases of adultery addressed?
It was tolerated.

It was ignored.

It was punished by death.

Men were allowed to do it; women were not.
10 The chief occupation of Equiano's kinsmen is:
Trading

Healing

Agriculture

Music
11 The virtue most important to Equiano's African people is:
Mercy

Charity

Cleanliness

Thrift
12 Who would Equiano's ancestors use as slaves?
Whites

Prisoners of war or criminals

Adulterous men and women

Noone
13 Which of the following statements is FALSE?
The people of Eboe believe in one Creator.

The people of Eboe are immoral and unclean.

The principal luxury of Eboe was perfume.

Equiano compares his people to the Jews.
14 Equiano's first master in Africa was a:
Priest

Warrior

Smith

Wealthy man
15 In Tinmah,
Equiano is taught to read.

Equiano is a slave for a wealthy woman and her son.

Equiano loses his sister.

Equiano is sold to a smith.
16 Which of the following statements about the Middle Passage is FALSE?
The smells were overpowering and harmful.

The slaves did not have enough food or water.

Equiano thought the white men were spirits.

The slaves were allowed to visit the upper deck for fresh air.
17 Michael Henry Pascal was:
an old Virginia gentleman

a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy

a slave

a slave trader
18 Richard Baker is:
a friend to Equino

Equiano's first white master

slave

a doctor's assistant
19 What city did the young Equiano yearn to see?
New York

Paris

London

Berlin
20 What war does Pascal fight in?
The War of Jenkin's Earl

The Revolutionary War

The Seven Years' War

Queen Anne's War
21 Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Equiano tries to run away in London.

Equiano becomes "used" to slavery.

Equiano is baptized.

Equiano learns how to read.
22 What happened to the ship I[The Ocean]?
It blew up.

It surrendered.

It vanished.

It escaped the fleet.
23 Why was the I[Aetna] stuck at the Isle of Wight for almost a year?
Pascal had friends there.

Equiano escaped and had to be found.

The King died.

It was damaged.
24 Who was John Mondle?
A slave trader who wanted to buy Equiano

A friend of Pascal's

A friendly slave onboard the ship

A gunner who believed himself preserved by Providence
25 Daniel Queen taught Equiano all of the following EXCEPT:
How to dress hair

How to read parts of the Bible

How to shave

How to escape a ship

I think he is meaning an instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box.

Asked by Josef B #1334900

Answered by Aslan on 1/31/2024 12:14 AM