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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Douglass's first master oversee?
(a) Most of the overseers.
(b) All of the overseers.
(c) Three of the overseers.
(d) Two of the overseers.

2. When was the opening Preface written?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1849.

3. What does Frederick Douglass say disgusts him in Chapter 1?
(a) Slaveholders forcing themselves on slave women, then having children with them.
(b) Slaves being sold in cities.
(c) The murder of innocent people.
(d) Slaves being removed from their families.

4. What is Douglass's concern in Chapter 1 symbolic for?
(a) Feeling helpless.
(b) Lack of control.
(c) Not being loved.
(d) Loss of his identity.

5. What brings tears to Douglass's eyes, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?
(a) The images of the slaves being beaten.
(b) The images of slaves being hung.
(c) The memory of slaves singing.
(d) The emotional impact of babies being taken from their mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the slaves produce on the main farm besides tobacco and corn?

2. What is the name of the main farm house that Colonel Edward Lloyd owned?

3. Approximately how many issues of his newspaper did William Lloyd Garrison publish?

4. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?

5. While Douglass talks about slavery, what does he have flashbacks about in Chapter 1?

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