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Quiz for Listening to the Past: Reyita Castillo Bueno on Slavery and Freedom in Cuba

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1. How did Bueno’s grandmother become a slave?

She was sold by her parents to African slave traders.

She was born a slave.

She fell into debt.

She was captured by white slave traders.

Correct: The answer is d. Bueno’s grandmother was enslaved when a group of whites attacked her village and captured everyone they could.

Incorrect: The answer is d. Bueno’s grandmother was enslaved when a group of whites attacked her village and captured everyone they could.

1. How did Bueno’s grandmother become a slave?

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2. How did Bueno’s grandmother explain the presence of enslaved children on the ship that took her to the Americas?

Children brought a good price, since they could provide labor for many years.

The children on the ship were those that the whites could not wrench from their mothers’ arms.

Enslaved women were easier to control if they were allowed to keep their children.

The children slipped on board in the hopes of being reunited with their parents.

Correct: The answer is b. According to Bueno’s grandmother, the few children on the ship were there because the slave traders had been unable to separate them from their mothers.

Incorrect: The answer is b. According to Bueno’s grandmother, the few children on the ship were there because the slave traders had been unable to separate them from their mothers.

2. How did Bueno’s grandmother explain the presence of enslaved children on the ship that took her to the Americas?

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3. Bueno’s account provides evidence of which of the following?

The considerable autonomy enjoyed by Cuban slaves

The absence of familial ties among slaves

The sexual exploitation of enslaved women by their masters

The relatively benign nature of Cuban slavery

Correct: The answer is c. Bueno’s own mother resulted from the rape of her grandmother by her grandmother’s master.

Incorrect: The answer is c. Bueno’s own mother resulted from the rape of her grandmother by her grandmother’s master.

3. Bueno’s account provides evidence of which of the following?

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4. What was the intent of the Morúa law?

To strengthen Cuba’s economy

To reintroduce slavery in Cuba

To prevent blacks from gaining political power

To end racial discrimination in Cuba

Correct: The answer is c. The Morúa law outlawed the formation of political parties for blacks.

Incorrect: The answer is c. The Morúa law outlawed the formation of political parties for blacks.

4. What was the intent of the Morúa law?

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5. According to Bueno’s grandmother, why did President Gómez offer his support to Cuba’s blacks?

He needed the black vote if he was to be re-elected.

He believed strongly in their cause.

He was, himself, black and the son of a slave.

He was under immense pressure from the United States to do so.

Correct: The answer is a. Gómez offered his support for purely political reasons, betraying his black supporters at the first opportunity.

Incorrect: The answer is a. Gómez offered his support for purely political reasons, betraying his black supporters at the first opportunity.

5. According to Bueno’s grandmother, why did President Gómez offer his support to Cuba’s blacks?

Quiz for Listening to the Past: Reyita Castillo Bueno on Slavery and Freedom in Cuba

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