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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Colonel Edward Lloyd?
(a) A slaveholder.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A Civil War soldier.
(d) A lawyer.

2. While Douglass talks about slavery, what does he have flashbacks about in Chapter 1?
(a) His family.
(b) His first love.
(c) A friend who was a slave as a child.
(d) His first master.

3. According to Douglass, what did the slaves strive for at Lloyd's plantations?
(a) To get an additional blanket.
(b) To work at the main farm.
(c) To be the head slave.
(d) To get extra food.

4. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?
(a) Religious.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Fundamentalist.
(d) Abolitionist.

5. What has stayed in Douglass's memory for the rest of his life, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?
(a) The images of the slaves being beaten.
(b) The images of slaves being hung.
(c) The emotional impact of the songs the slaves sing.
(d) The emotional impact of babies being taken from their mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Douglass irritated with his mother for in Chapter 1?

2. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?

3. How many overseers were there for the farms that Colonel Edward Lloyd owns?

4. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?

5. How old does Douglass write that he thinks he is in the first Chapter?

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