Speech to the American Equal Rights Association by Truth

What is the name of the text we read by Sojourner Truth?

• Ain't I A Woman?
• I am a woman
• Woman I am
• Ain't I a Girl?

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Who wrote the text that we read entitled "Ain't I A Woman?"

• Sojourner Truth
• Michelle Obama
• Beyonce
• Martha Washington

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What does "twixt" mean in the following sentence:
"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"

• between
• fix
• inside
• about

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What is Truth's point in writing this speech?

• to fight for equal rights for men and women
• to complain
• to list what she has been through 
• to fight slavery

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What is the main argument being made against equal rights?

• Women are dumber than men
• Christ was a man
• Women get paid less than men
• Women can't do what men can do

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Which is NOT an argument Truth makes as to why women and men should have equal rights? 

• Women can do anything men can do. 
• Christ was born from God and a woman
• Women are smarter than men

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Which is NOT a claim that we found evidence for on Friday?

• White men are going to have a hard time keeping rights away from women. 
• Women can do anything men can do
• Religion supports Truth's beliefs that men and women should be treated equally.
• Women are going to start fighting men for equal rights. 

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According to Truth, what is the “fix” that white men are in? What details does Truth use to support that idea?

• The “fix” is that both African Americans and women are starting to fight for their rights, which will change the role that white men have had. 
• Only African Americns are fighting for rights which changes the role for women.
• Only White people are fighting for the rights of African American
• Only Soujourner is attemempting to fight for eqaul rights for women.

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Complete this cause-and-effect.

Cause: I have borne thirteen children, and seen them most all sold off to slavery

• Nobody ever helps me.

• I cried out with my mother’s grief.

• And ain’t I a woman?

• I could work as much and eat as much as a man.

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What does the bolded term mean in the following sentence:

"Well, children, where these is so much racket there must be something out of kilter."

• noise; liveliness; a loud unpleasent noise

• out of harmony or balance

• to have turned up the earth with a plow

• none of these

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