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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did William Lloyd Garrison see the abolitionist speech described in the Preface?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1841.
2. Near what river was the main farm Douglass grew up on?
(a) Maryland River.
(b) Mississippi River.
(c) Chippewa River.
(d) Miles River.
3. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Fundamentalist.
(c) Abolitionist.
(d) Religious.
4. Who was Slave Master Mr. Hopkins replaced with?
(a) Mr. Gore.
(b) Mr. Severe.
(c) Mr. Anthony.
(d) Mr. Silas.
5. While Douglass talks about slavery, what does he have flashbacks about in Chapter 1?
(a) His first master.
(b) A friend who was a slave as a child.
(c) His family.
(d) His first love.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was a teenage girl in Douglass's own family killed for?
2. What extreme example does Douglass give in Chapter 4 of what slaveholders are able to get away with?
3. How many slaves were at the main farm?
4. How many shirts did each working slave get for a year?
5. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the importance of the songs of the slaves in Chapter 2?
2. How is Garrison's Preface different than other prefaces?
3. Why does Garrison make Douglass seem to be so important to the abolitionist movement?
4. What does Phillips compare slaves to in the second Preface?
5. How does Douglass compare slaves to animals in Chapter 3?
6. In the Preface, why does Mr. Garrison talk about a story that Daniel O'Connell has previously told?
7. What did the white children know that black slaves do not, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 1?
8. How were Colonel Lloyd's horses and carriages cared for?
9. Give two examples of slaves who were murdered that Douglass mentions in Chapter 4. Who killed them?
10. What was Colonel Lloyd's garden like?
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