What event provides the motivation for Shelby to release all the slaves ?

Related Mcqs:

1. How do the Shelby’s treat their slaves ?

   A. Kindly but firmly
   B. Set them all free
   C. Beat them everyday
   D. They do not have slaves

2. Whom does Mr.Haley choose from among Shelby’s slaves ?

   A. Eliza and Harry
   B. Uncle Tom and Cassy
   C. Uncle Tom and Eliza
   D. Uncle Tom and Harry

3. In which state is the Shelby farm located ?

   A. Tennessee
   B. Kentucky
   C. Alabama
   D. Mississipi

4. What does George Shelby give Uncle Tom to wear on a string around his neck before Tom is taken away ?

   A. A locket
   B. A ring
   C. A dollar
   D. A crucifix

5. What is Mrs. Shelby’s first name ?

   A. Emily
   B. Rachel
   C. Margaret
   D. Danielle

6. The supportive network of female slaves led to_______________?

   A. Resistance to the overseers.
   B. Learning to be midwives.
   C. Resistance against dehumanization.
   D. Lower suicide rates.

7. Frederick Douglass argued that slaves sang spirituals for all of the following reasons except______________?

   A. To impress the horrors of slavery on listeners
   B. To ease their pain
   C. To pray for deliverance
   D. To show that they were content in their work

8. Before advocating on behalf of the enslaved in colonial Massachusetts, Samuel Sewall participated in what early American crisis event ?

   A. Mayflower compact
   B. Salem Witch Trails
   C. No involvement
   D. All the above

9. For a time the narrator comforts Roderick by reading and painting with him; one of Roderick’s paintings is described as follows: “A small picture presented the interior of an immensely long and rectangular vault or tunnel, with low walls, smooth, white, and without interruption or device. Certain accessory points of the design served well to convey the idea that this excavation lay at an exceeding depth below the surface of the earth.” What later event in the story does this picture foreshadow ?

   A. The narrator and Roderick bury Madeline alive in a stone tomb beneath the mansion.
   B. The narrator and Roderick drown Madeline in the tarn next to the mansion.
   C. Roderick and Madeline escape the house via an underground tunnel.
   D. The narrator and Roderick become trapped in catacombs beneath the mansion.

10. Hawthorne’s ancestors are associated with what historical American event ?

    A. History of puritans
    B. History of slavery
    C. Transcendentalism
    D. None of the above