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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. Where is Simon Legree's plantation?
2. At Legree's plantation, who does Simon Legree beat for singing?
3. In the author's last chapter in which she discusses the sources for her novel, who does she say told Stowe of the story of "old Pru?"
4. In Canada, what is George's occupation?
5. When Cassy and Emmeline hatch a plan to escape from the Legree plantation, how do Cassy and Emmeline disguise themselves?
Short Essay Questions
1. What purpose does Augustine St. Clare's defense of slavery serve to the reader?
2. Why might Stowe ends this chapter speaking directly to the reader about what might it feel like to be free for the first time?
3. How does the author use color and/or physical characteristics to symbolize the difference between Augustine and his daughter, Eva, and Alfred and his son, Henrique?
4. Why might Stowe have had the significant black characters who are now free end up going to Africa to do missionary work?
5. What is Mr. Shelby's objection to Mrs. Shelby having taught religion to the slaves?
6. As the loose ends of the story are tied up in Chapter 44, what is the purpose of Chapter 45, the final chapter?
7. With all the happy endings in the book, why might Stowe have chosen to have Tom, the most beloved character, beat to death?
8. Why is Cassy a key character in through whom Stowe explores Simon Legree's temperament and treatment of slaves?
9. What event triggers the turning point in Augustine's religious beliefs and who is responsible for his religious education here?
10. What are the similarities between Aunt Chloe And Mrs. Shelby which are emphasized?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a female writer who was vehemently against slavery. Discuss the female characters, both black and white, whom she created to "speak" for her cause and evaluate how effectively Stowe used each of these female characters furthered the thinking against slavery.
Essay Topic 2
Religion is a motif in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Several characters have very different opinions the value of religion in one's life. Compare or contrast the religious view of three of the following characters:
Uncle Tom
Eliza
George Harris
Rachel Halliday
Augustine St. Clare
Simon Legree
Essay Topic 3
Miss Ophelia, Augustine St. Clare's aunt who arrives in New Orleans from New England, is the only fully drawn character from the North. How does the addition of the this character to the antebellum South work to help Stowe further her argument against the inhumane treatment of and beliefs about blacks?
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