Twelve Years a Slave Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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Twelve Years a Slave Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was one thing that Tibeats had a reputation of using when trying to out-maneuver his enemies?
(a) A pack of dogs.
(b) The element of surprise.
(c) A hatchet.
(d) A pistol.

2. How did Arthur's life change when the Orleans reached the dock in New Orleans?
(a) Arthur was rescued and was able to return to a life of freedom.
(b) Arthur discovered that his wife and children were gone.
(c) Arthur was stricken with small pox and was no longer able to work.
(d) Arthur was sold to a kind planter who treated his slaves with dignity and respect.

3. Why did Solomon want the old gentleman from New Orleans who was looking for a coachman to buy him?
(a) Because Solomon knew that the demands made upon a coachman were a lot fewer than those made upon a slave.
(b) Because Solomon knew that a coachman got to travel a lot; and he loved to travel.
(c) Because Solomon knew that it would not be difficult to hop on a steamer in New Orleans and head back to his life of freedom in New York.
(d) Because Solomon had always dreamed of being a coachman.

4. Which of the entertainment-type acts that Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton specialized in could account for their ability to persuade Solomon to travel with them based on a promise of high wages that unexpectedly took a turn and thrust him into the clutches of slavery instead?
(a) Frying pancakes in a hat.
(b) Causing invisible pigs to squeal.
(c) Legerdemain.
(d) Ventriloquism.

5. How could the purchase of Solomon, Eliza, and Harry from Freeman be viewed?
(a) As a lucky one for all of them.
(b) As an unlucky one for all of them.
(c) As a lucky one for Harry and Solomon only.
(d) As an unlucky one for Solomon and Eliza only.

Short Answer Questions

1. How could the outcome of the talk between William Ford and John M. Tibeats with respect to the mistreatment of Solomon be described?

2. Why did Solomon trust Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton when he first met them?

3. What did Solomon find to be unusual during his stay at the hospital for the treatment of small pox?

4. Why did Author Solomon Northrup write Twelve Years a Slave?

5. What one element stood out when Tibeats set about to punish Solomon?

(see the answer key)

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