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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 the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins demand from the slaves?
(a) Obedience.
(b) Food.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Money.

2. Who tried to help Douglass learn the alphabet?
(a) Mr. Auld.
(b) Mrs. Lloyd .
(c) Mr. Anthony.
(d) Mrs. Auld.

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

4. What is the "West Indies Experiment?"
(a) An experiment to see if slaves that were freed would be just as productive as the slaves who were not.
(b) An experiment to test working conditions on plantations.
(c) An experiment to keep slave families together.
(d) An experiment to make white people slaves.

5. Which slaveholders exhibit more morality, according to Douglass in Chapter 6?
(a) Southern slaveholders.
(b) City slaveholders.
(c) The Lloyds.
(d) The Garrisons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slaves had Mrs. Auld owned before Douglass came to live with her?

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

3. Who was Frederick Douglass's first master?

4. What did Colonel Lloyd own that took five men to maintain?

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

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