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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Part Two: Chapter II’s title?

2. How many years have passed since Macandal’s capture in Part Two: Chapter I?

3. Where does M. Lenormand de Mézy hide when he hears the rebellion horns sounding in Part Two: Chapter III?

4. Part One: Chapter VIII has what title?

5. For how many years do the slaves await Macandal’s return, according to the narrator at the end of Part One: Chapter VI?

Short Essay Questions

1. What actions do the revolting slaves take at the plantation in Part Two: Chapter III?

2. How is M. Lenormand de Mézy’s behavior described in Part Two: Chapter I?

3. How does the poison epidemic spread in the beginning of Part One: Chapter V?

4. What celebrations are described in Part One: Chapter VII?

5. Whom does Ti Noël go to visit with Macandal in Part One: Chapter III? What is discussed?

6. Where does Ti Noël observe bright posters in the city in Part One: Chapter I? What do these posters represent?

7. What can Macandal’s missing arm be seen to symbolize in Part One: Chapter III?

8. Describe the secret meeting in Part Two: Chapter II. What news is revealed and by whom?

9. What does Governor Blancheland want to do in response to the revolt in Part Two: Chapter IV?

10. What religious ceremony takes place in Part Two: Chapter II? How is it described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concepts of “reaction” versus “revolution” as presented in the novel. Describe the actions, objectives, and obstacles faced by the slaves as they attempt to gain freedom. How are these actions reactionary? How are they revolutionary? What resistance is met by the colonials?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the news of the French authorities related by Bouckman in the novel and discuss the real events that took place. What tensions existed between the French authorities and the colonial slave owners in the Caribbean? How are these tensions depicted in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the Yellow Fever epidemic described in Part Two. When was Yellow Fever identified? What treatments were available during the time of the novel? What symptoms does General Leclerc exhibit before he dies?

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