Question

Read this excerpt from “Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth. In which sentences does she make an emotional appeal to the audience by talking about her personal hardships?

1). I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.
2).That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.
3).Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place!
4).I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?
5).I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me!
6).Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect"] That's it, honey.
Question-select the correct text in the passage?

Answer 1

I would say that the sentences number 4 and 5 are the correct answers, but 3 might be as well. They talk about the hardships and the problems that she had to face.

Answer 2

The answer is:

3). Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place!

4). I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?

5). I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me!

Hardships refers to severe suffering or privations. In the excerpt from "Ain’t I a Woman?," the speaker Sojourner Truth makes reference to the personal torment she has been subjected to. For example, she mentions the heavy work she carried out without any help when she was a slave, as well as her sorrow to see her own children sold to slavery.