2 2.3.14 Quiz: Analyze "How It Feels to Be Colored Me
Read the following passage from Zora Neale Hurston's "How It Feels to be
Colored Me":
Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am
the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression
with me. Slavery is sixty years in the past. The operation
was successful and the patient is doing well, thank you.
The terrible struggle that made me an American out of a
potential slave said "On the line!" The Reconstruction said

"Get set!", and the generation before said "Go!" I am off to a
flying start and I must not halt in the stretch to look behind
and weep. Slavery is the price I paid for civilization, and the
choice was not with me.
What is Hurston's tone toward slavery in this passage?
O A. Matter-of-fact and confident
OB. Uncertain and nervous
O C. Angry and frustrated
OD. Negative but hopeful
SUBMIT

1) When she says "Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves" it shows annoyance, like she's tired of being reminded of the past (she mentions "60 years in the past". She knows the history but it does not personally make her feel "depressed" or impact her as much as it may do for others.

2) "The operation was successful and the patient is doing well, thank you." This seems like a sarcastic thank you.

3) "I am off to a flying start and I must not halt in the stretch to look behind

and weep." She doesn't want to let this affect the way she lives her life, she just wants to look ahead.

4) "Slavery is the price I paid for civilization, and the choice was not with me." She cannot change the past.

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25-02-2022

Answer:

Matter-of-fact and confident

Explanation:

They do not show any of the other options!

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