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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the second Preface written?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1835.

2. Garrison asks the reader for sympathy for whom in the Preface?
(a) Himself.
(b) The slaveholders.
(c) The down-trodden victims.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

3. How many shirts did each working slave get for a year?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

4. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?
(a) Mr. Phillips.
(b) Mr. Plummer.
(c) Mr. Grady.
(d) Mr. Garrison.

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 memory of slaves singing.
(c) The emotional impact of babies being taken from their mothers.
(d) The images of slaves being hung.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4 Douglass says, "I speak advisedly when I say this,--that killing a slave, or any colored person, in" what county of "Maryland, is not treated as a crime, either by the courts or the community" (20)?

2. What was the main competition among the slaves, according to the author in Chapter 3?

3. How many house servants did Colonel Lloyd have?

4. When did William Lloyd Garrison see the abolitionist speech described in the Preface?

5. What best defines what "mulatto" means?

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