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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rumor does Douglass relate about himself in Chapter 1?
(a) His father was a white man.
(b) His father was a lawyer.
(c) His father was a doctor.
(d) His father was a Civil War soldier.

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

3. What body of water does Phillips say Douglass has seen the ships sailing on in the second Preface?
(a) The Atlantic Ocean.
(b) The Boston Harbor.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) The Chesapeake Bay.

4. About what age was Douglass when his mother died?
(a) 17.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

5. What was Colonel Lloyd obsessed with, according to the narrative in Chapter 3?
(a) The running of his farms.
(b) His crops.
(c) The care of his horses and carriage.
(d) His hunting dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the possible real reason that the female slave was beaten?

2. What did Douglass realize about education in Chapter 6?

3. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?

4. What later happened to the person whose offices and printing presses were destroyed?

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

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