From the movie entitled "12 Years a Slave".

Please answer the following questions using your ideas and understanding. You are not allowed to use
ChatGPT or any AI-generated applications. Once caught, your scores will no longer be recorded. Each
question is equivalent to 5 points.

1. Where and when is this film set?

The film was based on what happened in the 1850s something, and was filmed in 2013. The
place where the events occurred was in New york and Washington City, but it was filmed in New Or-
leans.

2. When they get to Washington, D.C., how much money do Brown and Hamilton give to Solomon
Northup? Briefly Explain

Solomon was approached by Brown and Hamilton, by this time, Brown and Hamilton asked
Solomon to perform as he was a professional violinist. They offered Solomon a daily payment of 1 dollar,
plus 3 dollars per show, but he would only be needed for a few performances.

3. Where does Northup find himself the day after dining with Brown and Hamilton? Briefly explain.

He woke up and found himself in a solitary confinement cell, he had chains on his wrist, and he
was unable to move freely.

4. What happens to Northup when he tells James Burch that he is a free man? Briefly Explain.

After Solomon had told James Burch that he was a free man, Burch had brutally beaten and
abused Solomon, Burch also threatened to kill him if Solomon were to say something about his back-
ground life.

5. After being released from the holding pen in Washington, D.C., where are Northup and the other slaves
taken? Briefly Explain.

They were taken by steamboat and arrived in Richmond, Virginia. and was put to a slave store
when they are put up for sale.

6. How does Clemons Ray come to be freed? Briefly Explain.

Whilest Solomon and the other slave were forced to board ships to Orleans, Clemens Ray was
taken by Burch to return him to Washington. Northup then discovered that Ray escaped slavery and found
his freedom somewhere in Canada.

7. Northup is told that he is a slave as he fits the description of a run-away. What is his new name?

His new name was “Platt”

8. What price does Freeman ask for the purchase of "Platt"? Eliza?

The price for Platt was $1,000 and Eliza’s price was around $700.
9. What do you think is the reason why Northup was beaten by James Burch?

Because James Burch is a slaver. He does all bad things to people who isn’t a freeman. When
Solomon told James that he was a freeman before he came to Washington, James Burch beats him to
make Solomon realized that his life is no longer the same and that Solomon should accept the fact that he
is now a slave.

10. Why won't Freeman sell Eliza's daughter Emily to Ford?

Because it seems that the Freeman saw a potential on Emily, he thought that if Emily is older, and
more beautiful, she could cost more money.