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Grizzlies and Olaudah vocab and comprehension

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is an Origin Legend?

a)

A modern story that comments on society.

b)

A fictional story that predicts the future.

c)

A traditional story that explains the beginnings of a culture, people, or natural phenomena.

2.

What does mythical mean?

a)

Pertaining to or existing in myths; legendary

b)

Pertaining to earth

c)

Pertaining to folklore and country living

3.

What is Folklore?

a)

Pertaining to or existing in myths; legendary

b)

A traditional story that explains the origin or beginnings of a culture, people, or natural phenomenon.

c)

The beliefs and principles that guide the decisions of a particular group.

d)

The traditional beliefs, customs, stories, and practices passed down within a culture, often through oral tradition.

4.

What does transformation mean?

a)

Remaining the same; unchanging

b)

a significant change or metamorphosis, often involving a complete alteration in form or nature.

c)

A minor change that is practically imperceptible to others.

5.

What is Oral Tradition?

a)

Doing the same thing every year.

b)

The passing down of stories, history, or cultural knowledge through written records.

c)

The passing down of stories, history, or cultural knowledge through spoken word or story telling rather than through written records.

6.

What is Cultural Significance?

a)

The importance or meaning of a story, practice, or artifact within a particular culture.

b)

A change or metamorphosis

c)

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.

7.

What is Symbolism?

a)

A significant change or metamorphosis

b)

The use of symbols that mean exactly what is expected because it is literal.

c)

The use of symbols to represent ideas, qualities, or concepts beyond their literal meaning.

8.

What is a Creation Myth?

a)

A type of Folklore that predicts human behavior.

b)

A type of Allegory that explains the future.

c)

A type of Origin Legend that explains the creation of the world or humanity.

9.

What is the meaning of Allegory?

a)

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

b)

A story, poem, or picture that reveals human behavior.

c)

A story, poem, or picture that predicts future actions and comments on society.

d)

A story, poem, or picture that reveals how something came into being.

10.

What are Cultural Values?

a)

The commentary on society from the majority.

b)

The beliefs, customs, and principles that guide the behavior and decisions or a particular cultureal group.

c)

Pertaining to myths; legendary

11.

Define "Bewitched."

a)

Under the influence of a spell or magic, typically with malevolent intentions.

b)

To be a witch or called a witch

c)

To perform spells to control others.

12.

Define the VERB: harbors.

a)

A place where ships dock.

b)

Provides a safe place or refuge for someone or something

13.

What does dejected mean?

a)

joyful

b)

creation

c)

cultural value

d)

depressed; sad

14.

What does dejected mean?

a)

joyful

b)

creation

c)

cultural value

d)

depressed; sad

15.

What is the definition of "literary nonfiction"?

a)

fictional story with literary elements

b)

a type of folklore

c)

writing using literary techniques to describe real-world events

d)

nonfiction writing with no literary techniques

16.

Define wretched.

a)

very unhappy; miserable

b)

happy; joyful

c)

allegory

d)

mytical

17.

"Slave narrative" is an example of what?

a)

fictional literature

b)

literary nonfiction

c)

allegory

d)

folktale

18.

What do slave narratives typically describe?

a)

real world experiences of slaves during legal slavery, often highlighting its horrors

b)

myths and legends of slaves, often highlighting the terrible conditions

c)

creation myths of the slaves

d)

allegorical stories

19.

Define loathsome.

a)

joyful

b)

smelly

c)

very sad

d)

causing disgust

20.

Slave ship crews would control the slaves in all of the following ways except...

a)

chaining the slaves together

b)

feeding them lots of fish

c)

too little fresh air

d)

dehydration

21.

What did Equiano see on the ship that made him feel that he was in a "magical" place?

a)

palm trees

b)

white people

c)

flying fish

d)

nothing

22.

What led the crew to over-filling the ships despite knowing some would get sick or possibly die on the journey?

a)

greed

b)

fear of more powerful people

c)

hate

23.

When they first arrived in Barbados, the African captives were crying all night because they feared what?

a)

The feared the weather in Barbados.

b)

They thought the white men were going to eat them.

c)

They were so ill that they had no fears.

24.

How old was Equiano when he was captured and put on a slave ship?

a)

16

b)

11

c)

6

d)

23

25.

Why was Equiano allowed to roam the ship freely and stay mainly on deck during the journey?

a)

He was so skinny and young.

b)

He wasn't.

c)

He was funny and provided entertainment.

d)

He danced and sang for the crew.