ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AMERICAN LITERATURE

ELIZABETHAN ERA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To which country do George and Eliza plan to immigrate?
A
Liberia
B
Nigeria
C
France
D
Algeria
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -George, Eliza (now disguised as a man), and their son Harry (disguised as a girl) make it to Canada. George goes to France with his family and receives a university education. Afterwards, they emigrate to Liberia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cassy puts on Legree’s mother’s shroud and visits Legree in the night, scaring him even more. His drinking increases until finally he is on his deathbed. Then Cassy and Emmeline escape, with Cassy pretending to be a Creole woman and Emmeline her servant.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chapter 41 sees the arrival of young George Shelby at Legree’s estate. He has arrived to buy Tom back, but he has come too late: Tom is dying. George begs Tom to live, but Tom says the Lord is taking him home-and Heaven is better than Kentucky-and he makes George promise not to tell Chloe how he has died.

Detailed explanation-4: -George Harris goes to university in France. Then the family decides to seek their fortunes in Liberia. Miss Ophelia takes Topsy home with her to Vermont. Topsy endears herself to everybody and becomes an excellent Christian woman and, eventually, a missionary to Africa.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Chapter 44, George Shelby returns home and tells Tom’s wife that her husband is dead; as he promised Tom, he does not tell her the details of how he died. A month after returning, George gives each of his and his mother’s slaves a certificate of freedom.

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