The Abolition of Slavery Bicentenary – questions
The question numbers relate to the paragraphs of the same number, so the answer to Q 3c is to be found in paragraph 3 and so on.
1a Who was William Prescott?
1b Can you complete William Prescott’s quotation?
They will remember that we were ………………. but they won’t remember that we were ……………….. They will remember that we were ………………., but not that we were ………………
2a What is the noun which means the two-hundredth anniversary of a significant event?
2b In which month will the new International Slavery Museum open?
2c Why is Liverpool a good choice for this particular museum?
2d What is the word meaning ‘appropriate’?
3a What was the former name for Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
3b What happened on 23rd August 1791?
4a What will also take place alongside the opening of the museum?
5a What adjective used in paragraph 5 means ‘makes one think’?
5b This noun means an amount of money or property left to someone in a will (after the death of a person). Here it means what still remains as a reminder or consequence of the past.
5c Which word means ‘marked effect or influence’
6a Which word means ‘bought recently’?
6b What phrase means ‘together with’ or ‘with the help of’?
7a What has been the attitude of the United States’ and the United Kingdom’s governments?
7b What is the name of the river on which Liverpool stands, hinted at in this paragraph?
7c Which word conveys the impression that the United Kingdom’s Culture minister is in favour of this venture?