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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pauline Bonaparte begin to superstitiously avoid stepping on in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) Broken mirrors
(b) Cracks in the tiles
(c) Black cats
(d) Shadows

2. How much time has passed with King Henri Christophe in bed in the beginning of Part Three: Chapter VI?
(a) 1 month
(b) 5 weeks
(c) 2 weeks
(d) 1 week

3. What response does Ti Noël get when he asks where the dogs are going in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) To eat niggers
(b) To go swimming
(c) To go hunting
(d) To find freedom

4. Soliman engages in an affair with a maid at what palace in Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) Auberge de la Couronne
(b) La Tortue
(c) Le Bonnet de l'Évêque
(d) Borghese Palace

5. What does King Henri Christophe do at the end of Part Three: Chapter VI?
(a) He slits his wrists
(b) He shoots himself
(c) He jumps off a cliff
(d) He hangs himself

Short Answer Questions

1. Pauline Bonaparte’s husband has bought a house on an island off the north coast of what county in case they should have to flee in Part Two: Chapter VI?

2. To whom does Pauline Bonaparte turn to perform voodoo rituals against the plague in Part Two: Chapter VII?

3. Who does Pauline Bonaparte take with her when she departs for her husband’s second home in Part Two: Chapter VII?

4. One of Pauline’s maids discovers Pauline on the floor with another slave dancing around her holding what in Part Two: Chapter VII?

5. Part Three: Chapter V is titled “Chronicle of” what date?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Pauline Bonaparte’s behavior depicted after her arrival on the island in Part Two: Chapter VI? What is her relationship to Soliman?

2. How is the palace described in Part Three: Chapter II? How does Ti Noël find himself there?

3. What prisoner is described in the Archbishop's Palace in Part Three: Chapter IV? Why is he imprisoned?

4. How are the actions and behavior of the Santo Domingo slave owners described in Part Two: Chapter V?

5. What changes are observed in Pauline Bonaparte’s behavior in Part Two: Chapter VII?

6. How is the slavery under King Henri Christophe described in Part Three: Chapter III?

7. How is Ti Noël’s former plantation described in Part Three: Chapter II?

8. What leads to Pauline Bonaparte’s experimentation with Voodoo in Part Two: Chapter VII?

9. How is King Henri Christophe’s behavior described in Part Three: Chapter III?

10. How is Soliman perceived by the public in Rome in Part Four: Chapter I?

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