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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 Macandal’s arm removed with in Part One: Chapter II?

2. Slaves that come from the region where Macandal originated are reputed to be what?

3. What does the plantation owner hum as he and Ti Noël return to the plantation in Part One: Chapter I?

4. Ti Noël is a slave on a plantation where in Part One: Chapter I?

5. Ti Noël goes with Macandal to visit whom in Part One: Chapter III?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does the revolt begin in Part Two: Chapter III? How does M. Lenormand de Mézy witness this event?

2. What happens with the search for Macandal in the beginning of Part One: Chapter VI?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the backlash of Macandal’s campaign of poisoning in Part One: Chapter V?

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

9. How is Ti Noël described in Part One: Chapter I? Where is he doing with his master in this chapter?

10. What do the slaves believe happens during Macandal’s burning in Part One: Chapter VIII? What actually happens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Governor Blancheland in the novel. What is Blancheland’s relationship with M. Lenormand de Mézy? How long has he been at his assignment when the revolution breaks out? How closely does this character relate to his model, Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolic elements presented in Part One, including the following: the wax heads, the bright posters, and Macandal’s missing arm. What do each of these symbols represent? How do they relate to the central themes of the novel? How does Macandal’s missing arm give him power?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of enslavement in the novel. How does the enslavement under King Henri Christophe compare to the enslavement by the whites, in the protagonist’s view? How was enslavement enforced under King Henri Christophe? How did this period of enslavement end?

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