Women Rights

Which sentence from "Ain't I a Woman?" is used as a constant refrain?

• And ain't I a woman?

• Look at me!

• Look at my arm!

• Where did your Christ come from?

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What point is Truth trying to make with the question "Ain't I a woman?"

• She wants to establish through her own example that in many ways women are superior to men and stronger.

• She displays her own obvious intelligence to establish that women are more intelligent than men.

• She wants to answer those who use women's weakness to justify their treatment by demonstrating her own strength.

• She wants to use her own speechmaking talent to prove that a woman can deliver a powerful speech to an audience that includes men.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which type of diction does Sojourner Truth use in "Ain't I a Woman?"

• formal

• poetic

• colloquial

• technical

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What hardships does Truth describe enduring as a slave in "Ain't I a Woman?" Choose two options.

• being denied an education

• being whipped

• being sold repeatedly

• seeing her children sold

• seeing her husband killed

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was the reason for The Declaration of Sentiments?

• Men's rights

• Immigrant's rights

• African American's rights

• Woman's rights

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

When was The Declaration of Sentiments written?

• 1848

• 1948

• 2020

• 1748

Where was the Seneca Falls Convention?

• Hawaii

• Texas

• New Jersey

• New York

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was a complaint in The Declaration of Sentiments?

• Women aren't allowed to drive

• Women aren't allowed to ask for a divorce

• Women aren't allowed to play football

• Women aren't allowed practice the religion of their choice

The Declaration of Sentiments uses quotes from the Declaration of Independence. Why?

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the author, got lazy

• The same person that wrote The Declaration of Independence also wrote The Declaration of Sentiments

• To remind men that they said everyone was created equal in The Declaration of Independence

• To insult The Declaration of Independence

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

According to The Declaration of Sentiments, were women allowed to be members of the church?

• Yes but it had to be a lower role

• No

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1