Speech to the American Equal Rights Association 4th Period Cates

n. act of giving comfort

• evince

• consolation

• delinquency

• supposition

What doubt does Sojourner Truth express at the beginning of her speech?

• She's unsure about how the audience will react

• She doubts that women can achieve as much as men

• She's unsure about the value of speaking out for equal rights

• She doubts that someone of her age can be effective

Why does Sojourner Truth think she's still alive at her advanced age?

• Because long life runs in her family

• Because she stopped working so hard

• Because she's had good health all her life

• Because there's still something for her to do

Which of the following supports the idea of full civil rights for women?

• I come from another field--the country of the slave

• There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights

• They work in the field and do as much work, but do not get the pay

• I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up ...

Which of the following is NOT an example of a simile that Sojourner Truth uses?

• Like a slaveholder

• Like a knife

• Like a slave

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Sojourner Truth uses for why women should "have their rights"?

• In the courts women have no right, no voice; nobody speaks for them

• I have done a great deal of work; as much as a man, but did not get so much pay

• I used to work in the field and bind grain, keeping up with the cradler; but men doing no more, got twice as much pay

• I have been in Washington about three years, seeing about these colored people

Why did Sojourner Truth give her speech?

• To argue for the rights of white women like Stanton did in Declaration of Sentiments

• To argue for the rights of all women, regardless of race

• To argue for the rights of colored men

• To argue for the rights of no one