How It Feels to Be Colored Me
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- Q1Hurston reports that she "lived in the little town of Eatonville, Florida" until she was how old?5 years7 years13 years17 years30s
- Q2According to Hurston, white people would pass through Eatonville on their way to or from what large Florida city?OrlandoJacksonvilleHialeahTampa30s
- Q3Hurston recalls that when greeting travelers as a child her "favorite place" to perch was atopher brother's shouldersthe water barrelthe gatepostthe automobile30s
- Q4Hurston interprets her move from Eatonville to Jacksonville as a personal transformation: from "Zora of Orange County" toa Florida authora little colored girlZora Neale of Duval Countyan African-American leader30s
- Q5Hurston employs a metaphor to demonstrate that she does not accept the self-pitying role of a victim. What is that metaphor?I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.I am the queen of the hill.I am guided by the star--and by a still small voice.I am searching for treasure and digging for gold.30s
- Q6Hurston employs another metaphor to evaluate the effects of slavery ("sixty years in the past") on her life. What is that metaphor?One chapter has closed; another has begun.The operation was successful, and the patient is doing well.That dark night of the soul has been transformed by a glorious sunrise.That dark road has led to a bright highway.30s
- Q7When Hurston recalls sitting in The New World Cabaret, she introduces the metaphor of a wild animal, which "rears on its hind legs and attacks the tonal veil with primitive fury, rending it, clawing it until it breaks through to the jungle beyond." What is she describing with this metaphor?a jazz orchestrathe street noise of New York Cityrace riots in major American cities in the 1920sthe hatred felt by black people30s
- Q8According to Hurston, how does her white male companion respond to the music that has affected her so deeply?He says, "Good music they have here."He storms out of the club.He continues to talk about his stock options, oblivious to the music."Music from hell," he says.30s
- Q9Toward the end of the essay, Hurston refers to Peggy Hopkins Joyce, an American actress known in the 1920s for her lavish lifestyle and scandalous affairs. In comparison to Joyce, Hurston says that she herself isan invisible woman, unnoticed by fans and reportersfar more respectablea much more talented actressthe cosmic Zora . . . the eternal feminine with its string of beads30s
- Q10In the final paragraph of the essay, Hurston compares herself toa beacon light of truth.a brown bag of miscellanyan actor in a playthe Great Stuffer of Bags30s
- Q11Zora still feels the pain of slaveryTrueFalse30s
- Q12By using the word "Hegira", Zora is referring toHer journey of transformationThe migration of MuhammadA jazz songHer plan to search for her African roots30s
- Q13"The sobbing school of Negrohood" is referring toThe term that Whites give the BlacksNegroes who complain about the pastA new jazz groupthe segregated school she attended30s
- Q14"I shall get twice as much praise or twice as much blame." In this phrase, the figure of speech used isparallelismmetaphorimagerysimile30s
- Q15"Among the thousand white persons, I am a dark rock surged upon, and overswept, but through it all, I remain myself. When covered by the waters, I am; and the ebb but reveals me again." The figure of speech used ismetaphorhyperbolesimileanalogy30s