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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the writer of the second Preface famous for?
(a) Writing.
(b) Being a slave trainer.
(c) Being a slave master.
(d) Being an anti-slavery orator.

2. What is Douglass' concerned about in Chapter 1?
(a) Not having enough food.
(b) His mom.
(c) Being beaten.
(d) His age.

3. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?
(a) Nantucket.
(b) Springfield.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Boston.

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

5. Garrison refers to Douglas as a man with what, in his Preface (x)?
(a) "A body ravaged by time."
(b) "Commanding stature."
(c) "Little hope."
(d) "High regard."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "West Indies Experiment?"

2. How many years was Daniel O'Connell a slave in Africa?

3. What extreme example does Douglass give in Chapter 4 of what slaveholders are able to get away with?

4. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?

5. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?

(see the answer key)

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