AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A cotton ginning machine
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A hemp cleaning machine
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A hemp twines
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A bread slicing machine
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Detailed explanation-1: -George is an intelligent and innovative young man who happens to be the slave of a cruel, petty one – Mr. Harris. George is talented and inventive. When he’s sent to work in a bagging factory, he invents a labor saving machine for cleaning hemp, which revolutionizes the way the factory works.
Detailed explanation-2: -George Harris’s “machine for the cleaning of hemp” and Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin.
Detailed explanation-3: -He invented a machine to speed the process of cleaning hemp, thereby earning the admiration of the factory’s proprietor. However, George’s master removed him from the factory, saying that he only invented the machine because he was too lazy to work.
Detailed explanation-4: -The family has a guest, the Shelbys’ son George, who is teaching Tom to write and is going to stay for supper. While the meeting is taking place, the scene changes briefly to the Shelby dining room, where Shelby is settling his debt to Haley. Haley promises, unconvincingly, to try to find a good home for Tom.
Detailed explanation-5: -George Shelby Called “Mas’r George” by Uncle Tom, George is the Shelbys’ good-hearted son. He loves Tom and promises to rescue him from the cruelty into which his father sold him.