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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the slaveholder use as a way to justify slavery in Chapter 9?
(a) The need for workers.
(b) Laws.
(c) Religion.
(d) Slaves needed guidance to survive.

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

3. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?
(a) His father and his uncle.
(b) His father and his parents.
(c) His mother and his aunt.
(d) His mother and her parents.

4. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?
(a) Calm.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Peace.
(d) Godliness.

5. Why did the slaves say kind words about their masters?
(a) To receive more food.
(b) To gain better living accomadations.
(c) To gain the masters respect.
(d) Because they were afraid of being traded away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how old was Douglass when he went back to his birth place in Chapter 8?

2. Which slaveholders exhibit more morality, according to Douglass in Chapter 6?

3. How many house servants did Colonel Lloyd have?

4. For about how long does Douglass write he stayed in Master Hugh's family in Chapter 7?

5. Why did the Colonel put tar on the fence?

(see the answer key)

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