Power, Protest & Change Quiz

The following quote from Frederick Douglass' speech, “Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery?” is an example of...

• a biased remark

• a factual claim

• a rhetorical question

• a counterargument

Why does Douglass call the celebration of July 4th a “sham”?

• The colonies had to fight to win their freedom from the British.

• The nation celebrates its freedom at a time when many people have no freedom

• The nation is based on Christian principles.

• The manhood of slaves is not contested.

Douglass uses a large number of rhetorical questions to...

• get answers to his many questions

• make his listeners feel sorry

• suggest that the answers are obvious

• get his listeners to take action

What hardships does Sojourner Truth describe enduring as a slave in her speech "Ain't I a Woman?"

• Being starved.

• Seeing her children sold.

• Being denied education.

Which main type of discrimination did Truth face at the time of her speech, "Ain't I a Woman?"

• Against African American women.

• Against escaped slaves.

• Against the uneducated.

To whom is Truth comparing herself in this sentence? "Nobody ever helps me into carriages or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place".

• White men

• Black women

• White women

The phrase "Ain't I a Woman" is repeated several times in paragraph two of Truth's speech. Why does she repeat this phrase? What effect does it have on the reader?

• The phrase is repeated because people do not believe she is a woman due to the fact that she acts like a man. People believe her because she is so insistent.

• She was clearly upset that women did not have the same rights as men. It shows that she was unstable and could not speak well.

• She repeats the phrase to make a point; she does not get the same treatment as white women, yet she can do as much (if not more) as a man. It shows she does not need any special treatment because she is a woman.

From whose point of view does Hughes speak in the poem "I, Too"?

• a slave owner's

• the U. S. government’s

• a slave’s

"I am the darker brother": this line from Langston Hughes' poem, "I, Too," implies that

• the speaker desires true brotherhood, inclusion, and equality regardless of the color of his skin.

• the speaker desires true friendship and connection.

• the speaker proves equal just like blood brothers.

• the speaker should get treated like family.

"They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes": this line from Langston Hughes' poem, "I, Too," suggests that the speaker

• seems inferior, according to his oppressors.

• seems superior, according to his oppressors.

• seems celebrated, according to his oppressors.

• seems equal, according to his oppressors.