Question

reread paragraphs 8 and 9 of the speech. then answer the multiple-choice questions that follow
from \speech to the ohio womens conference: aint i a woman?\ by sojourner truth, account by marius robinson, anti-slavery bugle, 1851

1. as for intellect, all i can say is, if a woman have a pint, and a man a quart-why cant she have her little pint full? you need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much-for we cant take more than our pintll hold.
2. the poor men seems to be all in confusion and dont know what to do. why children, if you have womans rights, give it to her and you will feel better. you will have your own rights, and they wont be so much trouble.
3. a metaphor is an implied comparison between two unlike things to help readers understand the object of comparison better. what metaphor does truth create in this excerpt?

□ a. intellect is compared to a container.
□ b. men are compared to confused children.
□ c. pints are compared to quarts.
□ d. women are compared to trouble.

1. truths use of metaphor conveys her purpose by—

□ a. entertaining an idea shared by men that women have no intellect at all, so they should not be worried.
□ b. explaining that women have more intellect than men and should be given more rights than men.
□ c. showing men that equality between the sexes will result in women becoming smarter than men.
□ d. persuading men that womens rights will not affect their own.

Explanation:

1. For question 1, the excerpt directly compares a woman's intellect to a pint and a man's to a quart, framing the two as different-sized containers of intellect.
2. For question 2, Truth uses the pint/quart metaphor to argue that giving women rights (filling their "pint" of intellect) won't take away from men's rights (their "quart"), reassuring men their own rights are unaffected.

Answer:

1. C. Pints are compared to quarts.
2. D. persuading men that women's rights will not affect their own.