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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Chapters VI–IX
Chapters X–XIII
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Chapters XX–XXIII
Chapters XXIV–XXVIII
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Uncle Tom
Ophelia St. Clare
Simon Legree
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Chapters XX–XXIII
Chapters XXIV–XXVIII
Chapters XXIX–XXXIII
Chapters XXXIV–XXXVIII
Chapters XXXIX¬–XLV
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Eliza Harris
George Harris
Ophelia St. Clare
Simon Legree
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Chapters 24-28
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1
of 5
Who does Simon Legree buy at the slave market to replace Cassy as his mistress?
Topsy
Emmeline
Eliza
Marie
2
of 5
What experience prompts Tom Loker to abandon slave hunting and live a pious life?
Visions of Christ
Discussing Christianity with Eva
Encountering the Quakers
Reading Revelations
3
of 5
Which character did Stowe hope her Northern audience might identify with?
Marie St. Clare
Simon Legree
Ophelia St. Clare
Tom Loker
4
of 5
Which Christian character(s) does Stowe portray as hypocritically tolerant of the cruelty of slavery?
Eva St. Clare
Augustine St. Clare
Arthur Shelby
Answers B and C
5
of 5
What experience helps Ophelia recognize her bigotry and her complicity in slavery?
Befriending and tutoring Topsy
Witnessing Augustine's stabbing
Converting to Quakerism
Visions of Eva
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