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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) Maine.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Michigan.

2. How many farms did Colonel Edward Lloyd own?
(a) More than 10.
(b) More than 20.
(c) More than 30.
(d) 5.

3. 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 emotional impact of the songs the slaves sing.
(c) The images of slaves being hung.
(d) The emotional impact of babies being taken from their mothers.

4. In what time period of his life does Douglass's detailed descriptions in Chapter 2 take place?
(a) When he met his first love.
(b) Two years of his childhood.
(c) His twenties.
(d) His teenage years.

5. Why was Douglass shocked at seeing the female slave being beaten in Chapter 1?
(a) He thought she was nice.
(b) He lived at the far end of the farm and was sheltered from these occurrences.
(c) She was young and pregnant.
(d) He thought the supervisor was a good man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the possible real reason that the female slave was beaten?

2. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?

3. Who did Douglass's first master oversee?

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

5. Whose offices and printing presses were destroyed in the narrative of the second Preface?

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