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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Auction Block.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?
(a) Lou Smith.
(b) Jenny Proctor.
(c) Prince Bee.
(d) Doc Daniel Dowdy.
2. Many of the white men and black slave children had what sort of unique bond, though not always acknowledged?
(a) Master and servant.
(b) Master and slave.
(c) Father and slave.
(d) Father and son/daughter.
3. What is a third way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) African chiefs were tricked into "loaning out" tribesmen as indentured servants.
(b) Slave traders started fights with Africans, making bets that if the Africans lost, they would have to become slaves.
(c) Slave traders would drug Africans and steal them.
(d) African chiefs made deals with one another to trade their own tribesmen and prisoners to the white traders for goods.
4. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?
(a) The nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President.
(b) The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
(c) The death of many slaves due to the unconditionally hot weather in the summer.
(d) The death of many slave owners due to the plague.
5. What is another way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) The slave traders made pacts with African tribal chiefs to trade slaves for goods.
(b) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.
(c) Slave traders started fights with Africans, making bets that if the Africans lost, they would have to become slaves.
(d) The slave traders lied to the Africans, telling them they would be indentured servants instead of slaves.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is one way early slave trades were carried out?
2. What was the area on the slave trading boat called where the Africans were held and chained together?
3. Who said the following: "They whipped my father 'cause he looked at a slave they killed and cried."
4. Which country introduced Africans to Europe in the early sixteenth century?
5. Who said the following: "We never heard our names scarcely at all. First young man I went with wanted to know my initials! What did I know 'bout initials?"
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