Final answer:
Nearly ten times as many people saw the stage play of Uncle Tom's Cabin as read the book, suggesting its vast impact as antislavery propaganda and its popularity beyond the readership of the novel.
Step-by-step explanation:
The correct answer to the student's question about the stage play of Uncle Tom's Cabin is B. Nearly ten times as many people saw the play as read the book. While the information provided does not directly address the stage play version of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the enormous popularity of the book itself, which was a key piece of antislavery propaganda, suggests that the play may have reached even more individuals. The stage adaptation was not a word-for-word reproduction of the book (eliminating answer A), and considering the book's impact and the common practice of successful novels being adapted for the stage during that time, it is unlikely that the play was less popular (eliminating answer C) or that the play was never produced (eliminating answer D).
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin had a significant impact in stirring antislavery sentiment in the North and outrage in the South. The novel sold 300,000 copies in the first year and over a million copies by 1853. The adaptations of the book into a stage play further disseminated its themes and intensified the discourse around slavery, reaching an even broader audience.