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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. Who is John Von Trompe?

2. Broadly speaking, what are Eliza's religious beliefs?

3. Who gives Uncle Tom a dollar to wear on his neck?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does "a neat garden patch, where, every summer, strawberries, raspberries, and a variety of fruit and vegetables, flourished" describe?

5. By the end of the action of the Chapter 17, what happens to Tom Lokar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two good reasons that "The Mother's Struggle" is an appropriate title for Chapter 7?

2. Why do black people in the novel freely use the "n" word?

3. What does the reader's first impression of Harry reveal about him?

4. What provides the comic relief in Chapter 6?

5. How does Harry's tolerance for being a slave compare or contrast with Eliza's?

6. Compare or contrast Mr. Shelby's and Mr. Haley's opinions on how to treat slaves should be treated.

7. What effect has studying the Christian religion had on Eliza?

8. How is the theme of religion versus politics explored in Chapter 9?

9. How does one detect a difference in the manners between Mr. Shelby and Mr. Haley?

10. What is unusual about Young Master Shelby teaching Tom how to write?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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