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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters III and IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What slave does Pauline Bonaparte solicit as a masseuse in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) Macandal
(b) Soliman
(c) Bouckman
(d) Ti Noel

2. M. Lenormand de Mézy spends his time doing what in Cuba in Part Two: Chapter V?
(a) Investing in the stock market
(b) Gambling and going to church
(c) Frequenting brothels and libraries
(d) Drinking and practicing Voodoo

3. What is the name of the laundress that the plantation owner takes to bed in Part One: Chapter VII?
(a) Marientte
(b) Athenais
(c) Corneille Breille
(d) Amethyste

4. What are Pauline Bonaparte’s impressions of the island when she and her husband arrive in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) She finds it filthy and disgusting
(b) She finds it culturally deficient
(c) She finds it exotic
(d) She finds it terrifying

5. The slaves return to their plantations feeling a sense of what in the end of Part One: Chapter VIII?
(a) Devastation
(b) Grief
(c) Encouragement
(d) Doom

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Pauline Bonaparte’s husband?

2. What do the plantation owners begin to do when they hear the slaves singing the sorrow of their plight at the celebration in Part One: Chapter VII?

3. Where does Macandal throw himself when he escapes the burning in Part One: Chapter VIII?

4. Where do the slaves and masters gather in the opening of Part One: Chapter VIII?

5. What monstrous structure is described as rising up on top of a mountain in Part Three: Chapter III?

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