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Quiz about Napoleonic Efforts to Recapture Haiti

Napoleonic Efforts to Recapture Haiti Quiz

A quiz about one of Napoleon's early failures.

A multiple-choice quiz by guanodotcom. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
guanodotcom

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
159,629

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
398

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Question 1 of 10

1. How did Napoleon refer to the western side of the island of Hispaniola? Hint

Haiti

Dominique

Dominica

Saint Domingue

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of the general Napoleon sent to try and recapture the island in 1803? Hint

Daumesnil

Suvarov

LeClerc

Massena

3. Toussaint L'Ouverture was born a slave in 1745 near Cape Fran�ois. He learned, unlike most slaves, to read and was inspired by the great minds of the Enlightenment. When the ultra-progressive Jacobins came to power in France in 1793 Toussaint seized upon this as a chance at freedom, and he led his fellow slaves to the defeat of the French. However, he did not live to see an entirely free Haiti. How did the French eventually kill Toussaint? Hint

Neglect in prison

beheading him in Jacmel

Lynching him in Paris

Hanging on La Gonave

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Question 4 of 10

4. After the French failed to recapture Haiti, which country invaded it? Hint

Holland

Dominican Republic

Britain

USA

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Question 5 of 10

5. Napoleon employed troops from several different nations in his campaign to recapture Haiti. Which of the following groups had the SMALLEST complement amongst these soldiers? Hint

Swedes

German

Poles

Swiss

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Question 6 of 10

6. Napoleon was forced to sell this because of his army's failures in Haiti? Hint

Calais to the Dutch

Louis XIV's carriage to Florentine merchants

Louisiana to Jefferson

Sardinia to the Italians

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following was born on the island but forced to leave because of the impending military struggle, in 1802? Hint

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Edison

John Audubon

Oscar Wilde

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Question 8 of 10

8. General Rochambeau was defeated at the Battle of Vertieres in what year? Hint

1804

1801

1802

1803

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Question 9 of 10

9. Where did Dessalines declare independence for Haiti? Hint

Gonaives

Port au Prince

Paris

Chicago

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Question 10 of 10

10. Napoleon's sister, Pauline, lost her husband in the effort to recapture the colony. How did he die? Hint

In battle

Starvation

Missing at sea

Yellow Fever

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How did Napoleon refer to the western side of the island of Hispaniola?

Answer: Saint Domingue

The island was originally known as "Ay-aiti" by the native Arawak Indians. The French renamed it Saint Dominique after acquiring it from the Spanish in 1697. Interestingly, France didn't conquer this area - they earned it through "adverse possession." So many Spanish had moved to Mexico, to search for gold, the French simply moved in.

2. What was the name of the general Napoleon sent to try and recapture the island in 1803?

Answer: LeClerc

General Victor-Emmanuel LeClerc was the husband of Napoleon's sister, Pauline.

Answer: Neglect in prison

Toussaint Louverture died of hypothermia, in a prison in the Jura.

4. After the French failed to recapture Haiti, which country invaded it?

Answer: Britain

The British feared the presence and precedent of so many freed slaves.

5. Napoleon employed troops from several different nations in his campaign to recapture Haiti. Which of the following groups had the SMALLEST complement amongst these soldiers?

Answer: Swedes

Some have theorized that Napoleon sought to remove troublesome nationalists (and others) from Europe by sending them to Haiti.

6. Napoleon was forced to sell this because of his army's failures in Haiti?

Answer: Louisiana to Jefferson

He thought selling this rich but far off area to the Americans was preferable to having the British eventually capture it. Some historians believe that by this time Napoleon had lost interest in America.

7. Which of the following was born on the island but forced to leave because of the impending military struggle, in 1802?

Answer: John Audubon

Audubon left for France and later Philadelphia.

8. General Rochambeau was defeated at the Battle of Vertieres in what year?

Answer: 1803

1803 - outside the city of Cap-Haitien. This marked the end of French rule in Haiti.

9. Where did Dessalines declare independence for Haiti?

Answer: Gonaives

Dessalines proclaimed the independence of the colony at Gonaives on January 1, 1804 and gave it back its native name of Haiti.

10. Napoleon's sister, Pauline, lost her husband in the effort to recapture the colony. How did he die?

Answer: Yellow Fever

Most historians agree that Yellow Fever was the single greatest enemy of the French in this tropical theatre.

Source: Author guanodotcom

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