Drill 15 · Multiple Choice · Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance
AP African American Studies: Resistance in Art, Literature, and Slave Narratives — Drill 15 is a Multiple Choice practice drill covering Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.
Sharpen your AP African American Studies exam prep with practice questions on slave narratives, gender and resistance, and African American art as a form of political expression. This drill covers Harriet Jacobs, Frederick Douglass, the role of literacy in freedom, and the significance of cultural resistance.
The following is from Harriet Jacobs's autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent. The first paragraph is the opening of Chapter 1; the second is from the book's preface.
“I was born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in his trade, that, when buildings out of the common line were to be erected, he was sent for from long distances, to be head workman. On condition of paying his mistress two hundred dollars a year, and supporting himself, he was allowed to work at his trade, and manage his own affairs. His strongest wish was to purchase his children; but, though he several times offered his hard earnings for that purpose, he never succeeded.”
“[…] I do it to kindle a flame of compassion in your hearts for my sisters who are still in bondage, suffering as I once suffered. […] No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.”
Source: Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Boston, 1861), Chapter 1 opening and preface.