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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Resistance to Slavery - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the slave who did not agree with slavery but felt that doing the job right was the proper way of doing things?
(a) William Hayden.
(b) Charles Ball.
(c) West Turner.
(d) Josiah Henson.

2. 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?"
(a) Charles Ball.
(b) Charley Williams.
(c) Sallie Crane.
(d) Annonymous.

3. What did the slaves use religion for?
(a) Resisting the dehumanizing effects of slavery.
(b) Understanding how to treat their masters.
(c) Simple worship.
(d) Learning new stories.

4. What is one way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) Slave traders tranquilized Africans, then captured them.
(b) Slave traders would drug Africans and steal them.
(c) The slave traders would lie in wait for the Africans then capture them.
(d) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.

5. The padlock that the slave Paul wore is a symbolization of what?
(a) The greed of the slave traders.
(b) The animalistic treatment of the blacks by the slave owners.
(c) The animalistic treatment of the blacks by the slave owners.
(d) The extreme power the white man had over slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the overseers term the slaves' acts of ignorance?

2. Who was the largest slave trader in Memphis, Tennessee?

3. Why were Native African slaves more fortunate than slaves born into slavery?

4. What event set off a large amount of slave selling?

5. What was one cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?

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