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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many overseers were there for the farms that Colonel Edward Lloyd owns?
(a) There were two overseers for the farms.
(b) There was only one overseer .
(c) There was one overseer for each farm and one main overseer for all.
(d) There was one overseer for every three farms and one main overseer for all.

2. What was the name of the overseer for the main farm house of Colonel Lloyd?
(a) Captain Anthony.
(b) Colonel Edward Lloyd.
(c) Captain Jack.
(d) Captain O'Connel.

3. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?
(a) The Slave Trader.
(b) The Slave Master.
(c) The Liberator.
(d) New Englander.

4. What does Douglass describe in detail in Chapter 2?
(a) His brother and sisters.
(b) His aunts and uncles.
(c) His first masters and the farms he lived on.
(d) His mother and her parents.

5. To whom does the author compare Douglass in the second Preface?
(a) Slave Masters.
(b) Civil War Soldiers.
(c) Preachers.
(d) The writers of the Constitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has stayed in Douglass's memory for the rest of his life, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?

2. Who did Douglass's first master oversee?

3. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?

4. What does Frederick Douglass say disgusts him in Chapter 1?

5. What rumor does Douglass relate about himself in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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