Unit 3 Power, Protest, and Change Review

In his Fourth of July speech, why does Douglass say to his audience that “The Fourth of July is yours, not mine”?

• He believes that, too often, African Americans such as himself do not like public holidays.

• He believes that enslaved persons should not celebrate the Fourth until they have earned their freedom.

• He and others like him do not believe in some of the key values represented by the holiday.

• He contends that the liberty affirmed by the holiday has been denied to African Americans such as himself.

What rhetorical device is being used in the following sentence from Douglass's speech?

"Fellow Citizens , pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence?"

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Rhetorical Question

• Irony

Is the following except from Truth's speech which rhetorical device is being used?

 I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

• Pathos/emotions

• Logos/logic

• Ethos/ethics or credibility

Read the following excerpt from “Ain’t I a Woman?”

What’s [intellect] got to do with women’s rights or Negroes’ rights? 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?

Which answer best restates Truth’s point in this excerpt?

• Each person has the same abilities as any other, so each should be treated with corresponding respect.

• Each person has abilities that differ from those of others, but only educated people should be allowed to vote.

• Each person deserves an equal opportunity to expand his or her intelligence, which can be improved without limit.

• Each person deserves an equal opportunity to fulfill his or her potential, however great or small that potential might be.

Read the following excerpt from “Ain’t I a Woman?”

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!

Which answer is the most likely explanation of Truth’s references in this excerpt?

• The “first woman” is Eve, who according to the Bible helped to save the world from sin. “These women” are the reformers at the Women’s Rights Convention where Truth is speaking.

• The “first woman” is Eve, who according to the Bible caused humanity to lose its peaceful place in the world. “These women” are the reformers at the Women’s Rights Convention where Truth is speaking.

• The “first woman” is Truth’s earliest known ancestor, who was forced into slavery decades before. “These women” are the reformers who tried to bring an end to slavery.

• The “first woman” is Truth’s earliest known ancestor, who led early antislavery efforts. “These women” are the activists who are trying to ensure that slavery continues.

In “The Story of an Hour,” how does Mrs. Mallard’s reaction to the news of her husband’s death change after she has sat alone for a while?

• She begins to feel calm acceptance of her loss.

• She begins to feel bitter sorrow over her loss.

• She begins to feel growing joy about her freedom.

• She begins to feel growing dismay about her debts.

 The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A: After Mrs. Mallard hears of her husband’s death in “The Story of an Hour,” how does she come to see her future?

• She sees that she will have the chance to assert herself.

• She knows that she will feel her loss strongly over the years.

• She worries that she will be held back by bitterness over her marriage.

• She assumes that she will be able to marry again, more happily.

Part B: Which excerpt from the story best supports the answer to Part A?

• She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms.

• She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead.

• There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself.

• A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination.

Which of the following excerpts from “The Story of an Hour” best illustrates the author’s use of situational irony?

• She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms.

• She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes…

• And yet she had loved him—sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter!

• When the doctors came, they said she had died of heart disease—of the joy that kills.