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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Phillips watch being dragged off to be lynched, according to his narrative in the second Preface?
(a) Daniel O'Connell.
(b) William Lloyd Garrison.
(c) James McAlister.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

2. What is William Lloyd Garrison well-known for being?
(a) A slave master.
(b) A Civil War soldier.
(c) A slave.
(d) An abolitionist.

3. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?
(a) 35 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 25 years.

4. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?
(a) He was a publisher.
(b) He was a writer.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a soldier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?

2. What were the ships Phillips describes in the second Preface carrying?

3. When was the opening Preface written?

4. Whose offices and printing presses were destroyed in the narrative of the second Preface?

5. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?

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