Speech to the Ohio Women’s Conference: Ain't I a Woman?

What is most closely implied by the phrase “the white men will be in a fix pretty soon” in the following passage (paragraph 1)?

I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.

• A. The Emancipation Proclamation is sure to have an impact on the financial status of white males.

• B. Violence is needed in order to take down those who are currently running the country.

• C. White males are in jeopardy of losing their power if women and blacks obtain the rights they have begun asking for.

• D. White males will have their problems solved if they listen to Truth’s suggestions.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Sojourner Truth’s “pint and quart” comparisons in paragraphs 3 and 8 add to the development of her speech mainly by .

If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?

As for intellect, all I can say is, if a woman have a pint, and a man a quart—why can't she have her little pint full? You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much—for we can't take more than our pint'll hold.

• A. suggesting that men have nothing to worry about if women are as unintelligent as they believe

• B. suggesting that the only way for women to become as smart as men is if they are granted equal rights

• C. criticizing the unequal distribution of wealth in America

• D. complaining about not being born with the same natural abilities as a man

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following selections best identifies a difference between the two accounts of Sojourner Truth’s speech?

• A. Gage’s account attempts to accurately capture the words she used while Robinson’s tries to articulate her ideas as clearly as possible.

• B. Gage’s was published immediately following the speech while Robinson’s account did not come out until a decade later.

• C. Gage’s was published in a traditional daily newspaper, while Robinson’s was put out in an anti-slavery newspaper.

• D. Gage’s account makes no reference to the Bible, while Robinson’s connects heavily to Bible passages.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

What mainly does the following line reveal (paragraph 11)?

But the women are coming up, blessed be God, and a few of the men are coming up with them.

• A. The women’s rights movement had very little going for it at the time of the speech.

• B. There were men who also contributed to the early women’s rights movement.

• C. If women can not find justice on earth, they will one day get what they deserve in the afterlife.

• D. Truth concluded her speech by inviting both women and men onto the stage with her.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is most closely a central idea of Sojourner Truth’s speech?

• A. Women deserve the right to vote.

• B. The Bible shows that women have the ability to shape history.

• C. Jesus has nothing to do with women’s rights.

• D. A person’s intellect can not be measured, no matter if they are a man or a woman.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which sentence most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5?

• A. “Why children, if you have woman's rights, give it to her and you will feel better.”

• B. “You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much—for we can’t take more than our pint’ll hold.”

• C. “I can’t read, but I can hear.”

• D. “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of these inferences about Sojourner Truth is best supported by the text?

• A. She believes she has proven that she can do more than a man can.

• B. She did not believe that women were as intelligent as men.

• C. She sees the women’s rights and emancipation movements as completely separate campaigns.

• D. She has been fortunate enough to avoid the hardships of slavery.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to the previous question?

• A. “That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.”

• B. “I think that ’twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.”

• C. “Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman!”

• D. “I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that?”

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2