First Encounters

The intended audience impacts

• author's purpose

• diction

• tone

• content

• all of these

Which of the following are issues with primary sources? Select all that apply.

• They are never correct.

• You only get one point of view.

• Primary sources might contain bias (prejudice).

• They are second-hand accounts and might, therefore, contain incorrect information.

Which of the following would be considered a primary source? Select all that apply.

• critical essay

• autobiography

• textbook

• journal

• letter

Which of the following texts would be considered primary sources?

• La Relación

• Of Plymouth Plantation

• The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

• All of these

In La Relación, because Cabeza de Vaca's audience was the King of Spain, his main purpose in writing it was to relate his __________________.

• thoughts

• experiences

• political views

• feelings

Which is NOT a hardship faced by the Spaniards in the excerpts of La Relación?

• hostile natives

• lack of provisions

• poor health

• extreme cold

Which of the following did the Karankawas do in the selection of La Relación?

• provide food for the Spaniards

• take the Spaniards back to their huts

• lament the loss of the Spaniards who died when the boat capsized

• force the Spaniards to act as medicine men

• all of these

Which of the following BEST describes Cabeza de Vaca's overall interaction with the Native Americans?

• aggressive

• pleasant

• torturous

• violent

Based on context clues, what is the meaning of the underlined word in the text below:

"That was not much, but valuable to us in that bitter November cold, our bodies so emaciated we could easily count every bone and looked the very picture of death."

• vibrant and beautiful

• robust and powerful

• abnormally thin and weak

• youthful and fit

What can be inferred about the author based on the following text?

"If they looked behind them, there was the mighty ocean which they had passed and was now as a main bar and gulf to separate them from all the civil parts of the world."

• He believes Europe to be the only civilized part of the world.

• He has been separated from the rest of the men with whom he was traveling.

• He is uneducated.

• He doesn't believe in being hospitable to strangers.