Slaves relied on _____________ to create, remember, and pass on spirituals.

Question 1 options:

Reading


Divinity of Nature


Oral Tradition

Question 2
Spirituals contained secret codes of directions for ways slaves could escape. What were spirituals disguised as?

Question 2 options:

Biblical hymns


Haiku poems


Persuasive propaganda

Question 3
"Follow the Drinking Gourd" mentions which particular time for slaves to escape?

Question 3 options:

Evening, when the slaves could hide behind waterfalls in the sunset.


During harvesting, so slave owners would be too busy counting money to see.


At Springtime, when the sun would start to rise and birds would return.

Question 4
Frederick Douglass was a slave whose entire job consisted of...?

Question 4 options:

Helping Mrs. Auld count the yarn shreds and then selling them to the local weaver.


Assisting Mr. Auld in his office, and then tending to the plantation sheep.


Looking after little Thomas.

Question 5
Which Frederick Douglass quote best summarizes the theme of the first half of his narrative?

Question 5 options:

"I look upon my departure as one of the most interesting moments of my life."


"Mistress, in teaching me the alphabet, had given me the inch, and no precaution could prevent me from taking the ell."


"Her favor was not gained by it; she seemed disturbed by it."