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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Douglass's grandmother when she got older?
(a) She had to move to a mud hut in the woods.
(b) She continued to care for her master.
(c) She was allowed to go and take Douglass with her.
(d) She was sold to another slaveholder.

2. When was Garrison's newspaper published?
(a) Before the Civil War.
(b) During the Civil War.
(c) After the Civil War.
(d) Before, during, and after the Civil War.

3. What did Douglass take with him when he went on errands for the Aulds?
(a) A piece of paper.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A stick to write in the dirt.
(d) A book.

4. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?
(a) Animals.
(b) Tools.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Machines.

5. Which master did the slaves know to be violent in Chapter 8?
(a) Master Andrew.
(b) Master Garrison.
(c) Master Lloyd.
(d) Master Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglass remark about city slaves versus country slaves in Chapter 6?

2. Wendell Phillips was the son of a mayor of what city in Massachusetts?

3. Phillips compares the Mississippi Valley to a story in what publication?

4. Who gave the anti-slavery speech in Massachusetts that is described in the Preface?

5. What is the "West Indies Experiment?"

(see the answer key)

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