BTS SEC 1 QUIZ

What does the word servitude mean?

• freedom

• slavery

• waitress/waiter

• labor as punishment for a crime

Which statement best describes a claim the narrator makes about slavery?

• Slavery is evil, and it should be eliminated immediately

• Slavery is in the past. People should focus on the future.

• People don't know anything about slavery unless they have been a slave.

• It takes time for people's opinions about slavery to change.

Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to question 2

• "If I have portrayed the dark side of slavery, I also have painted the bright side"

• "God rules the Universe. I was a feeble instrument in His hands....

• "Principles may be right, but they are not established within an hour....

• "When the war of the Revolution established the independence....

What claim does the author make about slavery?

• The custom of slavery was cruel and inhuman.

• Slaves were often seen as robbers because they were not trusted.

• When slaves rebelled against slavery, they didn't accomplish anything.

• slavery takes away their biggest rights & were right to fight against it

What does this excerpt reveal about the narrator's attitude toward Sarah?

• The narrator fears that Sarah will fall.

• The narrator admires Sarah's bravery.

• The narrator is happy that Sarah is able to escape.

• The narrator is envious that Sarah is able to escape.

Which quote best supports the answer to #5

• "The young woman lifted one foot on the air. Then the other."

• "Tall trees could not snag her. Nor could the Overseer. She flew like an...

• "The Overseer rode after her, hollerin."

• "She flew clumsily at first, with the child now held tightly in her arms."

Which statement best describe a purpose for writing that both writers share?

• to highlight how slaves saw the human kindness of their masters

• to explain the practice of slavery without offering any opinions about it

• to communicate that slavery was a practice that was cruel and unjust

• to highlight how slaves saw the human kindness of their masters

Which statement best describe a purpose for writing that both writers share?

• to describe what life as a slave was like

• to provide basic facts about the practice of keeping slaves

• to chronicle the lives of both slaves and slaveholders

Which answer choice is NOT a phrase with a negative tone

• hard lump of clay

• secret magic

• hard glinty coal

• cracked his whip

Which answer choice is NOT a phrase with a positive tone

• flew like an eagle

• light as a feather

• secret magic

• black shiny wings flappin against the blue