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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wendell Phillips was the son of a mayor of what city in Massachusetts?
(a) Nantucket.
(b) Boston.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Springfield.

2. At what age was Frederick Douglass when he was taken from his mother's care?
(a) Before turning five.
(b) At two years of age.
(c) Before turning one.
(d) Before turning three.

3. Who said, "It would forever unfit him to be a slave" (29)?
(a) Mr. Lloyd.
(b) Mr. Anthony.
(c) Mr. Auld.
(d) Mrs. Auld.

4. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?
(a) Godliness.
(b) Peace.
(c) Calm.
(d) Goodness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?

2. Which slaveholders exhibit more morality, according to Douglass in Chapter 6?

3. What extreme example does Douglass give in Chapter 4 of what slaveholders are able to get away with?

4. When Mr. Lanman bragged about the two killings what happened?

5. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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