A. Based on a New England captivity narrative.
B. An anonymous narrative.
C. Fiction written by Lydia Maria Child.
D. Written by Jacob’s son.
Related Mcqs:
- Harriet Jacob’s slave narrative Incidents in the Life differs from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in what way ?
A. Stowe’s novel is sentimental.
B. Stowe describes the treatment of slaves.
C. Stowe describes the escape of slaves.
D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was used by abolitionists. - Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to show______________?
A. That female slaves were escaping more frequently than men.
B. How slavery was worse for men.
C. How females were affected by slavery.
D. That female slaves were more valuable than male slaves. - In Chapter XV of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, where did Linda hide ?
A. Under the floorboards.
B. With a friend.
C. In the stables.
D. In a remote cabin. - Who wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ?
A. Lucy Terry
B. William Wells Brown
C. Harriet Wilson
D. Harriet Jacobs - Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________________?
A. Discussion of race relations in the North and South.
B. Condemnation of the plantation myth.
C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.
D. Insistence on desegregation. - Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?
A. Its character’s movement from slavery to freedom.
B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.
C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence.
D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice. - Which American President reportedly referred to Harriet Beecher Stowe as “the little lady who made this big war” ?
A. George Washington
B. John Adams
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. John. F. Kennedy - How does this quotation from Behn’s Oroonoko most suggest its status as an early novel: “I do not pretend, in giving you the history of this Royal Slave, to entertain my reader with adventures of a feigned hero, whose life and fortunes fancy may manage at the poet’s pleasure.” ?
A. It focuses on a royal hero.
B. It denies being imagined in favor of claims of realism.
C. It focuses on adventures.
D. It connects to poetry. - The word “Jacobean” is derived from the ___________ name Jacob, which is the original form of the English name James?
A. Samaritan Hebrew language
B. Biblical Hebrew
C. Mishnaic Hebrew
D. Hebrew language - “Left the house of the subscriber, bounden servant, Hezekiah Mudge—had on when he went away, grey coat, leather breeches, master’s third best hat. One pound currency reward to whoever shall lodge him in any jail in the province.” Hezekiah Mudge is a “bounden servant,” meaning that he is bound by contract to be a servant (essentially a willing slave) for seven years in repayment for____________?
A. Freedom
B. Escape from enslavement
C. Transportation to the colonies
D. Dropping charges for murder
