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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. What area of his own house does Legree come to believe is haunted?
3. After young George Shelby returns from the Legree plantation, what option does George Shelby offer his former slaves as he frees them?
4. When Tom goes out to work in the fields at Legree's plantation, who does Tom help pick cotton in the fields?
5. Who is the Quaker woman that George and Eliza are staying with in Chapter 37?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Cassy a key character in through whom Stowe explores Simon Legree's temperament and treatment of slaves?
2. What purpose does Augustine St. Clare's defense of slavery serve to the reader?
3. As the loose ends of the story are tied up in Chapter 44, what is the purpose of Chapter 45, the final chapter?
4. How is Cassy and Emmeline's "escape" from Legree bittersweet?
5. How does Miss Ophelia's feelings about "training" Topsy reveal what the problem is for people who attempt to control their servants or slaves with violence?
6. Why might Simon Legree "secretly dislike" Tom and why was it so important for him to get Tom to whip a person?
7. What is the ironic about Emmeline's being brought up "by the Bible?"
8. How do the events on the boat suggest that the novel is nearing a conclusion of a story?
9. What is ironic about how and why Augustine St. Clare dies?
10. Explain how the following passage is foreshadowing: "the rays of the sun formed a kind of glory behind her [Eva], as she came forward in her white dress, with her golden hair and glowing cheeks, her eyes unnaturally bright..."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Imagery is a powerful literary device. How does the imagery in the descriptions of various homes, such as Tom's cabin, the home of the Quaker family, and the Legree plantation serve to extend the characterization of the people who live in these homes?
Essay Topic 2
There are several characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin who exemplify courage; conversely, there are several who exemplify cowardice. Identify these characters as their depiction of courage or cowardice. Then specifically refer to what actions or words of theirs come to embody these qualities and define courage and cowardice.
Essay Topic 3
While the author is writing to protest and put an end to slavery, she was writing for a significant portion of the population that believed slavery was necessary to their economy. On a very basic level, she had to show what was evil about slavery. What situations did she create to most effectively show the evils of slavery? To discuss this, review the treatments of specific slaves in specific incidents such as Tom, Eliza, George, Aunt Chloe, Emmeline, and Topsy.
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