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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage:
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,"UncleTom'sCabin"．Butneithershenorherfirstpublisherthoughtitwouldbeabigsuccess,Thepublisherwassodoubtfulthathewantedhertosplitthepublishingcostswithhim,andallshehopedwasthatitwouldmakeenoughmoneyforhertobuyanewsilkdress．
Butwhenthefirst5,000copieswereprintedin1852,theysoldoutintwodays．Inayearthebookhadsold300,000copiesintheUnitedStatesand150,000inEngland．Forawhileitoutsold(销得比…多)everybookintheworld,excepttheBible．
Withinsixmonthsofitsrelease,aplaywasmadefromthebookwhichran350performancesinNewYorkandremainedAmerica'smostpopularplayfor80years．
Itmightappearthat"UncleTom'sCabin"wasuniversallypopular,butthiswascertainlynottrue．
Manypeopleduringthosepre-CivilWardays--particularlydefendersoftheslaverysystem—condemneditasfalsepropagandaandpoorlywrittenmelodrama(传奇剧作品)．
Harrietdidhavestrongreligiousviewsagainstslavery(Whenaskedhowshecametowritethebook,shereplied,"Godwroteit．"),anshetriedtoconvincepeopleslaverywaswrong,soperhapsthebookcouldbeconsideredpropaganda．Butifso,itwastruepropaganda,becauseitaccuratelydescribedtheevilsofslavery．
ThoughshewasborninConnecticut,1832,asayoungwomanshemovedtoCincinnati,Ohio,whenherfatheracceptedthepresidencyofnewlyfoundedLaneTheologicalSeminary(神学院)．Ohiowasafreestate,butjustacrosstheOhioRiverinKentucky,Harrietsawslaveryinaction．Shelived18yearsinCincinnati,marryingCalvinStowe,professorofacollege．In1851,HarrietBeecherStowebeganherbook．
Itsvastinfluencestrengthenedtheanti-slaverymovementandangereddefendersoftheslavesystem．
Todaysomehistorians(历史学家)thinkthatithelpedbringontheAmericanCivilWar．
Infact,whenAbrahamLincolnmetHarrietattheWhiteHouseduringtheCivilWar,hesaid,"So,thisisthelittleladywhostartedthisbigwar．"
Beforethepublicationofthebook"UncleTom'sCabin"（ ）． A．Harrietknewthatitwouldbeagreatsuccess
B．thepublisherwantedHarriettopublishitatherownexpense
C．nobodyknewthatitwouldbecomeaverypopularbook
D．nopublisherwantedtopublishthisanti-slaverybook
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