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

2. Soliman engages in an affair with a maid at what palace in Part Four: Chapter I?

3. One of Pauline’s maids discovers Pauline and a slave performing a ritual in which what animal has been sacrificed in Part Two: Chapter VII?

4. What are Pauline Bonaparte’s impressions of the island when she and her husband arrive in Part Two: Chapter VI?

5. What priest and confessor of King Henri Christophe has been taken prisoner in Part Three: Chapter IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the slavery under King Henri Christophe described in Part Three: Chapter III?

2. How are the actions and behavior of the Santo Domingo slave owners described in Part Two: Chapter V?

3. What prisoner is described in the Archbishop's Palace in Part Three: Chapter IV? Why is he imprisoned?

4. How is Ti Noël’s former plantation described in Part Three: Chapter II?

5. Where does Pauline go after her husband’s death in Part Two: Chapter VII? What happens to her sense of superstition?

6. Why does M. Lenormand de Mézy turn to religion in Part Two: Chapter V?

7. What does the exposition reveal of Ti Noël’s circumstances in Part Three: Chapter I? How did Ti Noël gain freedom?

8. How is the palace described in Part Three: Chapter II? How does Ti Noël find himself there?

9. How is Pauline Bonaparte described in Part Two: Chapter VI? Where is she traveling?

10. What happens to King Henri Christophe’s body in Part Three: Chapter VII?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Compare and contrast the real figure of Dutty Boukman and the fictionalized character in the novel. How are these figures similar? Where does the author appear to take poetic license in his depiction? What are the attributes of this character?

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