CSEC Multiple

Choice Revision
Session.

“The Strategic
Process of
Resistance in the
Caribbean”.
Session Objectives
 To aide students in utilizing
the process of reasoning to
identify correct multiple
choice options

 To assist students in
utilizing their knowledge of
Resistance and Revolt to
accurately respond to
multiple choice questions
on said topic
 Revision Questions
1. Which of the following practices made it MOST difficult for slaves
to revolt during the Middle Passage?
a. They were separated from other members of their tribe
b. They were allowed on dock for exercise
c. Most slaves were shackled at all times
d. Sailors who manned the ships were selected with great care
 Revision Questions
2. Slaves in the Caribbean were sometimes punished
mutilation which consisted of:
a. Confinement
b. Flogging across the back
c. Hanging by the arms
d. Disfigurement of the body
 Revision Questions
3. The free coloureds in St Domingue saw the outbreak of the French
Revolution as an opportunity to:
a. Violently suppress the rule of whites in the colony
b. Demand social and political rights for social groups
c. Fight for an end to slavery in the colony
d. Demand greater social and political rights for themselves
 Revision Questions
4. In which chronological order did the following disturbances take
place?

1. The Morant Bay Rebellion (A) II, 111, IV, I

11.The Haitian Revolution (B) III, II, 1, IV
III. The Demarara Revolt (C) IV, II, III, I
IV. The Christmas Rebellion (D) I, II, III, IV
 Revision Questions
5, A MAJOR cause of the “Bussa” Revolt of the 1816 in
Barbados was the:

a. Activity of free blacks and coloureds

b. Belief that emancipation was being delayed
c. Influence of Sam Sharpe’s Revolt in Jamaica
d. Shortage of provisions for the enslaved Africans
 Revision Questions
6. Which of the following enslaved persons were MOST likely to use
poisoning of owners as a means of resistance?
a. Artisans
b. Domestics
c. Field hands
d. Factory workers
 Revision Questions
7. All of the following were leaders of the enslaved Africans in
the Haitian Revolution EXCEPT:
a. Dessalines
b. Boukman
c. Christophe
d. Napoleon
 Revision Questions
8. Which of the following can be considered a MAJOR
achievement by St Domingue by 1804?
a. Independence from France
b. Reorganization of the sugar estates
c. Renewed importation of Blacks to the island
d. Establishment of Catholicism as the state religion
 Revision Questions
9. Which of the following conditions did NOT result
from the Haitian Revolution?
a. The economy of the island was almost destroyed
b. The pattern of land ownership changed
c. The mulattoes were wiped out
d. The country became independent from France
 Revision Questions
10. Which of the following was NOT included in the 1739 peace treaty
between the Maroons of Trelawny, Jamaica and Britain?
a. They would help the British fight off any invading foreign enemy
b. They were free to occupy, an area set aside for them
c. They could accept any runaway slaves as a member of their
community
d. They could farm and get licenses to sell their products in the market
 Revision Questions

11.Toussaint L ‘Ouverture contributed to the success of the

Haitian Revolution MAINLY by:
a. Organizing the slaves into a formidable force
b. Developing a revolutionary ideology
c. Setting up a system of fortifications
d. Dividing the country between the blacks and mulattoes
 Revision Questions
12. In 1763 a major uprising by the enslaved
Africans took place in the Dutch colony of:
a. Berbice
b. Curacao
c. Suriname
d. St Eustacius
 Revision Questions
13. The slaves in saint Domingue were MAINLY
interested in:
a. Acquiring their own plantation
b. Associating with the whites
c. Establishing the first black republic
d. Freeing all the slaves in the colony
 Revision Questions
14. Which of the following were causes of the Haitian Revolution ?

1. The influence of the French Revolution (a) 1 and 11 only

11. The poor treatment of mulattoes by whites (b) 1, 11 and 1V
only
111. The invasion by the British and Spanish forces (C) 1, 111, and
1V only
1V. The division existing within the St. Domingue society (D) 1, 11. 111
and 1V
 Revision Questions
15. The slaves who started the 1791 revolt in Saint
Domingue were led by:
a. Oge
b. Boukman
c. Dessalines
d. Christophe
 Revision Questions
16. Which of the following were NOT runaway slaves ?

a. Black Jacobins
b. Bush Negroes of Surinam
c. Cimaroons of Hispaniola
d. Maroons of Jamaica
 Revision Questions
17. Which of the following events in the Caribbean was the
MOST influenced by the French Revolution ?
a. The Carib Uprising in St. Vincent
b. The mulatto revolt in Saint Domingue
c. The slave uprising in Dominica
d. The Maroon rebellion in Jamaica
 Revision Questions
18. The Demerara Revolt in 1823 was related to the:

a. Dispatch of amelioration proposals to the British colonies

b. Act of abolishing the slave trade
c. Establishment of the system of apprenticeship in Demerara
d. Act of abolishing the system of slavery
 Exam Tips
The Strategic Response to Multiple Choice Options