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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the contrasting effects of slavery that Douglass suffers, according to Garrison in the Preface (x)?
(a) "A life not worth living."
(b) "No formal education."
(c) "Trembling in fear for his safety."
(d) "Loses his soul."

2. What was Douglass happy about receiving for his trip to help one of his master's relatives?
(a) A new shirt.
(b) A hair cut.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) His first pair of pants.

3. What did Mrs. Auld do for a living?
(a) She was a weaver.
(b) She was a baker.
(c) She was a teacher.
(d) She was a secretary.

4. What is the female slave's name that Douglass describes being beaten by the supervisor in Chapter 1?
(a) Jan Harris.
(b) Aunt Hester.
(c) Arlene Henry.
(d) Ann Jester.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many slaves were at the main farm?

3. Who helped Frederick Douglass with his writing of this narrative?

4. What happened to Douglass's grandmother when she got older?

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

(see the answer key)

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