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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Douglass vow to do during Chapter 6?
(a) Learn to count money.
(b) Go to school.
(c) Learn to read.
(d) Earn his freedom.

2. What type of writing is the second Preface?
(a) A poem.
(b) A short story.
(c) A letter.
(d) An essay.

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

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

5. What did the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins want to do?
(a) Earn enough money to buy his own slaves.
(b) Increase his position with Colonel Lloyd.
(c) Keep his job by not being overly noticed.
(d) Buy his own farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?

2. What event did the author of the second Preface predict?

3. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?

4. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?

5. While Douglass talks about slavery, what does he have flashbacks about in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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