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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "It would forever unfit him to be a slave" (29)?
(a) Mr. Auld.
(b) Mr. Lloyd.
(c) Mr. Anthony.
(d) Mrs. Auld.

2. Garrison refers to Douglas as a man with what, in his Preface (x)?
(a) "High regard."
(b) "A body ravaged by time."
(c) "Little hope."
(d) "Commanding stature."

3. What does Phillips say he did while reading what Douglass had written?
(a) Cried.
(b) Laughed.
(c) Trembled.
(d) Shook.

4. Why did the slaveholder throw a female slave off the plantation in Chapter 9?
(a) She was too old to work.
(b) She was too young to do any work.
(c) She was disabled from a fire.
(d) He caught her with another slave and was jealous.

5. How many slaves did Colonel Lloyd have in total?
(a) About 800.
(b) About 2,000.
(c) About 1,300.
(d) About 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Colonel Lloyd do about one of his slaves getting killed by the overseer in the narrative of Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 4 Douglass says, "I speak advisedly when I say this,--that killing a slave, or any colored person, in" what county of "Maryland, is not treated as a crime, either by the courts or the community" (20)?

3. Who lived across the street and treated his slaves cruelly, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 6?

4. What weapon does Douglass say Mr. Lanman used to kill one of two slaves?

5. What did the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins want to do?

(see the answer key)

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