"The Song of the Slaves" Part One
Quiz by Donna Duncan
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- Q1
When you are asked to make a guess on why one shackle out of 49 is left empty, what skill are you using?
Analyzing
Conveying information
Providing Evidence
Inferencing
30s - Q2
Which description of Gender best matches the text?
Gender is a weak man dependent on others.
Gender is a cruel and greedy man who takes pleasure in hurting others.
Gender is not a fan of slavery, but he is forced to support it because he lives in Charleston, SC.
Gender is forced to hunt and capture his own slaves because he is hurting financially.
30s - Q3
Which quote best supports Gender's characterization as cruel and heartless?
"He had conceived the raider-plan because of a nature that fed on savagery and mastery."
"He was making money this way, fairly coining it--and money was worth the making..."
"He had told himself that it was intensely practical and profitable."
"For years he had dreamed and planned for this adventure, as other men dream and plan for European tours..."
30s - Q4
What does the writer mean when he uses the following simile for the slaves' song: "like a rhythmic swarm of bees"?
The song is heard in the background, but Gender ignores it.
The song is happy as the slaves work.
The song was a humming rhythm heard in the background of other noises.
The song was soothing and comforting.
30s - Q5
What element of plot is seen in the following Silva quote: "It means something like this--'Though you carry me away in chains, I am free when I die. Back will I come to bewitch and kill you.'"
Conflict
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Rising Action
30s - Q6
How does the third person limited point-of-view affect the text?
The reader sees how Gender feels about the slave song, but the reader has little knowledge of what the other characters of his crew think about the song.
The reader knows how all of the characters feel about Gender's cruelty and greed.
The reader can see how much the slaves hate Gender in multiple ways beyond the threatening song.
The reader clearly sees how Gender, Silva, and Captain Dunlapp feel about the song.
30s - Q7
What is the reader's mood towards Gender as a result of the third person point-of-view?
Disgusted and Disturbed
Fearful and Terrified
Approving and Accepting
Admiring and Respectful
30s - Q8
What can one assume about the writer's perspective on slavery and the Middle Passage based on his description of Gender?
Wellman thinks it is cruel and vicious practice that allowed men like to Gender to take advantage of their position.
Wellman thinks it is a profitable business adventure and even more so if the middle man is cut out.
Wellman thinks it is a necessary evil for the colonies to thrive.
Wellman approves of using human labor.
30s - Q9
Why does Captain Dunlap provide Gender with an example of a group of "fifteen hundred Mohammedans praying at once?"
He wishes to emphasize how slaves singing together mean nothing.
He wishes to emphasize the idea that there is power in numbers.
He wishes to explain that slaves are not capable of unity.
He wishes to show that white men will never understand individuals from other countries.
30s - Q10
Why does Captain Dunlapp say that the garments of 1500 hundred praying Mohammedans "swish like a gust of a gale"?
He wants to show there is more power in the individual than in the group.
He wants to show the unity and power that comes from a large group devoted to one goal.
He wants to show that large groups just produce a lot of chaos without really achieving anything.
He want to show most groups of people are not capable of unity.
30s