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Who wrote the first American slave autobiography after obtaining his freedom?

  1. Josiah Henson
  2. Frederick Douglass
  3. Nat Turner
  4. William Wells Brown
  5. Olaudah Equiano

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

Olaudah Equiano was born in what is now Nigeria before being captured and sold as a slave in America. After his escape, he traveled to England where he wrote an account of his time as a slave in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African (1789).



May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: “Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and he heard their voice, and looked on their adversity, etc. Let them therefore praise the Lord, because he is good, and his mercies endure forever. Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, show how he hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered in the desert wilderness out of the way, and found no city to dwell in, both hungry, and thirsty, their soul was overwhelmed in them. Let them confess before the Lord his loving kindness, and his wonderful works before the sons of men.”

In the passage above, what form of oppression is the author writing about?

  1. Economic
  2. Religious
  3. Racial
  4. Environmental
  5. Gender

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

This passage comes from Chapter 9 of William Bradford’s History of the Plymouth Plantation. He uses Old Testament imagery to describe the flight of the Puritans to escape the religious oppression they suffered in England.



May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: “Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and he heard their voice, and looked on their adversity, etc. Let them therefore praise the Lord, because he is good, and his mercies endure forever. Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, show how he hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered in the desert wilderness out of the way, and found no city to dwell in, both hungry, and thirsty, their soul was overwhelmed in them. Let them confess before the Lord his loving kindness, and his wonderful works before the sons of men.”

The above passage was written by

  1. William Bradford
  2. Jonathan Edwards
  3. Hannah Webster Foster
  4. Jupiter Hammon
  5. William Hill Brown

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

This passage comes from Chapter 9 of William Bradford’s History of the Plymouth Plantation. William Bradford arrived in Plymouth aboard the Mayflower. Is journal covers the entire story of the Puritan flight from Europe and efforts to survive in America.



The Bear that breathes the northern blast Did numb, torpedo-like, a wasp Whose stiffened limbs encramped, lay bathing In Sol’s warm breath and shine as saving, Which with her hands she chafes and stands Rubbing her legs, shanks, thighs, and hands. Her petty toes, and fingers’ ends Nipped with this breath, she out extends Unto the sun, in great desire To warm her digits at that fire.

Which of the following best describes the activity of the wasp in the passage above?

  1. Sunbathing
  2. Cleaning
  3. Praying
  4. Eating
  5. Stretching

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

This passage comes from Edward Taylor’s poem “Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold.” The wasp is literally sunbathing after being chilled by a “Northern blast.”






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