American Literature. Seminar Task on “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by H. B. Stowe

American Literature. Seminar 7. Task on “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by H.B. Stowe
(All the tests are taken from the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” adapted version earlier loaded on the platform)
Faculty: Translation
Group: TING-2001
Full name: Jabborova Arjumandbonu
Instructions:
1) Read the adapted book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” on the platform!!!
2) Answer the questions accordingly: the answers should be taken from the book mentioned above
1. Where did the meeting of the Mr. Haley and Mr. Shelby take place in chapter 1?
Answer: in a dining room, in the town of P–, in Kentucky.
2. Explain the underlined word.
He was a small quadroon boy.
Answer: He was a small boy of one-quarter African/Aboriginal ancestry, meaning he had a biracial parent.

3. What was the name of the boy who sang negro song in front of the gentlemen and has a talent of imitating?

Answer: Jim
4. Mr. Shelby did not refuse to sell Eliza. Is this statement True or False? Explain your answer.
Answer: This is False, because Mr. Shelby agrees to sell Tom and Harry, not Eliza. To avoid this, Eliza escapes to the North with her son.
5. What was the reason for giving Tom to Mr.Haley?
Answer: To pay off his debts.
6. How Mrs.Shelby treated her slaves?
Answer: Shelby was extremely kind to her slaves, and she came to believe that slavery is a grave sin after she learned that Tom and Harry were to be sold.
7. Complete the phrase.
Mrs Shelby stopped thinking about Eliza’s suspicions because…….?
Answer: She knew nothing about her husband’s problems. And as she had to prepare an evening visit, that matter passed out of her thoughts.
8. Who was Eliza’s husband and what happened to him?
Answer: A bright and talented young mulatto man named George Harris from a neighboring plantation. This young man had been hired out to by his master to work in a bagging factory. But his master took George home to work on the farm.
9. Why George’s master decided to send him to the plantation?
Answer: He had invented a machine for cleaning hemp, showing real mechanical genius. He was a handsome person with pleasant manners, and was a general favorite in the factory. Nevertheless, this young man was in the eye of the law not a man, but a thing, and his success meant nothing for his vulgar and narrow-minded master. He learned about George's invention and came to the factory to see that machine. Mr. Wilson, the owner of the factory, received him with great enthusiasm. George showed his machine to the master. He talked so fluently and looked so handsome, that his master felt jealous. Why should his slave be marching round the country, inventing machines, and holding up his head among gentlemen? He would soon put an end to it. He would take him back, and put him to hoeing and digging.
10. Whom I and he refer to in chapter 3?