How It Feels To Be Colored Me Test Questions – Flashcards

Hurston reports that she "lived in the little town of Eatonville, Florida" until she was how old?

According to Hurston, white people would pass through Eatonville on their way to or from what large Florida city?

Hurston recalls that when greeting travelers as a child her "favorite place" to perch was atop

Hurston interprets her move from Eatonville to Jacksonville as a personal transformation: from "Zora of Orange County" to

Hurston employs a metaphor to demonstrate that she does not accept the self-pitying role of a victim. What is that metaphor?

Hurston employs another metaphor to evaluate the effects of slavery ("sixty years in the past") on her life. What is that metaphor?

When Hurston recalls sitting in The New World Cabaret, she introduces the metaphor of a wild animal, which "rears on its hind legs and attacks the tonal veil with primitive fury, rending it, clawing it until it breaks through to the jungle beyond." What is she describing with this metaphor?

According to Hurston, how does her white male companion respond to the music that has affected her so deeply?

Toward the end of the essay, Hurston refers to Peggy Hopkins Joyce, an American actress known in the 1920s for her lavish lifestyle and scandalous affairs. In comparison to Joyce, Hurston says that she herself is

In the final paragraph of the essay, Hurston compares herself to

What university did Hurston attend in the 20's?

Where was Zora Neale Hurston born?