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- "The negro slaves of the South are the happiest, and, in some sense,
- the freest people in the world. The children and the aged and infirm work
- not at all, and yet have all the comforts and necessaries of life provided
- for them. They enjoy liberty, because they are oppressed neither by care
- nor labor. The women do little hard work, and are protected from the
- despotism of their husbands by their masters."
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- 1. This passage was written
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- A. to show how lazy slaves were
- B. in defense of slavery
- C. by an abolitionist
- D. A and B
- E. A and C
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- B
- Correct.
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- B
- This passage attempted to defend slavery. (B)
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- B
- "The negro men and stout boys work, on the average, in good weather,
- not more than nine hours a day. The balance of their time is spent in
- perfect abandon. Besides, they have their Sabbaths and holidays. White
- men, with so much of license and liberty, would die of ennui; but negroes
- luxuriate in corporeal and mental repose."
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- 1. "Luxuriate in corporeal and mental repose" means
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- A. they have no financial or spiritual problems
- B. they have enough to eat and no worries
- C. they neither work nor think
- D. they do not fight and argue
- E. they have an abundance of time to enjoy games and discussions
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- C
- Correct.
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- C
- This phrase means that slaves have rest from physical and mental labor. (C)
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- C
- "With their faces upturned to the sun, they can sleep at any hour; and
- quiet sleep is the greatest of human enjoyments. 'Blessed be the man who
- invented sleep.' 'Tis happiness in itself - and results from contentment
- with the present, and confident assurance of the future."
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- 1. The author attributes the slaves' ability to "sleep at any hour" to
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- A. exhaustion from being overworked
- B. the fact that they stay up late watching TV
- C. a genetic defect which makes them sleepy during the day
- D. absence of worries
- E. working at night
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- D
- Correct.
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- D
- The author claims the slaves can sleep at any time because they have
- no worries. (D)
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- D
- "We do not know whether free laborers ever sleep. They are fools to
- do so; for, whilst they sleep, the wily and watchful capitalist is devising
- means to ensnare and exploitate them. The free laborer must work or starve.
- He is more of a slave than the negro, because he works longer and harder
- for less allowance than the slave, and has no holiday, because the cares of
- life with him begin when its labors end. He has no liberty, and not a
- single right."
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- 1. The author is comparing
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- A. slaves and factory workers
- B. slaves and land owners
- C. slaves and children
- D. slaves and masters
- E. slaves and congressmen
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- E
- Correct.
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- E
- Slaves and factory workers are being compared. (A)
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- E
- "It is objected that slavery permits or induces immorality and
- ignorance. This is a mistake. The intercourse of the house-servants with
- the white family assimilates, in some degree, their state of information,
- and their moral conduct, to that of the whites. The house-servants, by
- their intercourse with the field hands, import their knowledge to them."
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- 1. The term "intercourse" is used to mean
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- A. interaction
- B. lectures
- C. sexual union
- D. discourse
- E. recourse
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- F
- Correct.
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- F
- "Intercourse" means social interaction. (A)
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- F
- "The master enforces decent morality in all. Negroes are never
- ignorant of the truths of Christianity, all speak intelligible English, and
- are posted up in the ordinary occurrences of the times."
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- 1. According to this passage, the master does all of the following EXCEPT
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- A. teaches slaves to speak English
- B. teaches slaves about Christianity
- C. teaches slaves a trade
- D. teaches slaves morality
- E. informs slaves
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- c
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- G
- Correct.
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- G
- The master does not teach the slaves any trades. (C)
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- G
- "Free laborers have less liberty than slaves, are worse paid and
- provided for, and have no valuable rights. Slaves, with more of actual
- practical liberty, with ampler allowance, and constant protection, are
- secure in the enjoyment of all the rights, which provide for their physical
- comfort at all times and under all circumstances."
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- 1. The best title for this selection is
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- A. Slaves without Masters
- B. The Exploitation of Slaves
- C. The Exploitation of Factory Workers
- D. Slaves All
- E. Masters and Slaves
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- d
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- I
- Correct.
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- H
- Since this selection shows how free laborers are treated more like
- slaves than slaves are, the best title would be "Slaves All." (D)
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