Ain't I a Woman Rhetorical

To whom is she comparing herself in this sentence? "Nobody ever helps me into carriages or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place".

• White women

• black women

• White men

• Black men

Which statement best summarizes Truth's attitudes about work?

• Women can work as hard as men.

• Men should allow women equal rights.

• Women should work harder

What point is Truth trying to make with the question "Ain't I a woman?"

• She wants to establish that women are superior to men.

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• She wants to prove that a woman can deliver a powerful speech.

• She wants to demonstrate women's strength

What is Truth's point in writing this speech?

• to fight for equal rights for women

• to complain

• to list what she has been through

• to fight slavery

Which is NOT an argument Truth makes as to why women and men should have equal rights?

• Christ was born from God and a woman

• Women are smarter than men

• Women can do anything men can do.

• Women can do what men can do

According to Truth, what is the “fix” that white men are in? What details does Truth use to support that idea?

• Only African Americns are fighting for rights which changes the role for women.

• Only White people are fighting for the rights of African American

• The “fix” is that both African Americans and women are starting to fight for their rights, which will change the role that white men have had.

• Only Soujourner is attemempting to fight for eqaul rights for women.

The phrase "ain't I a woman" is repeated several times in paragraph two of her speech. Why does she repeat this phrase? What effect does it have on the reader?

• The phrase is repeated because people do not believe she is a woman due to the fact that she acts like a man. People believe her because she is so insistent.

• She was clearly upset that women did not have the same rights as men. It shows that she was unstable and could not speak well.

• She repeats the phrase to make a point; she does not get the same treatment as white women, yet she can do as much (if not more) as a man. It shows she does not need any special treatment because she is a woman.

Truth says 'nobody helped me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place," in order to make the point that

• She is indeed a woman.

• Women do not like this type of treatment.

• Not all women receive special treatment.

• African American women are independent.

How does the following quote contribute to the development of ideas in the speech? “As for intellect, all I can say is, if women have a pint and man a quart — why can’t she have her little pint full?”

• It highlights the intellectual differences that Truth believes exist between men and women.

• It reveals that Truth wishes for women to have the same access to education as men because she believes they are less intelligent.

• It shows how men fear giving women equal rights because they know women are more intelligent than them.

• It emphasizes how men shouldn't worry about giving women equal rights if they truly believe that women are less intelligent.

Which statement describes a main argument of Truth’s speech?

• Women would be able to accomplish more than men, if given the proper rights.

• Men will eventually be physically forced to give women the rights they have been fighting for.

• Men shouldn’t continue denying or fearing women’s access to equal rights.

• Women have been unfairly blamed for men’s troubles in the world.