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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the contrasting effects of slavery that Douglass suffers, according to Garrison in the Preface (x)?
(a) "Trembling in fear for his safety."
(b) "A life not worth living."
(c) "No formal education."
(d) "Loses his soul."

2. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?
(a) His mother and her parents.
(b) His first master.
(c) His slave friend.
(d) His brother and sister.

3. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?
(a) The police put Phillips in jail.
(b) The police did nothing.
(c) The police found the wrongdoers and punished them.
(d) The police investigated .

4. What is Douglass irritated with his mother for in Chapter 1?
(a) For coming to visit him, knowing she could get beaten for it.
(b) For leaving him even though he knows she could not help it.
(c) For dying.
(d) Not telling him who his father is.

5. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?
(a) Fundamentalist.
(b) Religious.
(c) Abolitionist.
(d) Democratic.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the author compare Douglass in the second Preface?

2. What is the "West Indies Experiment?"

3. Who did Phillips watch being dragged off to be lynched, according to his narrative in the second Preface?

4. About what age was Douglass when his mother died?

5. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?

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