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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did William Lloyd Garrison see the abolitionist speech described in the Preface?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1835.

2. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?
(a) Fundamentalist.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Religious.
(d) Abolitionist.

3. What event did the author of the second Preface predict?
(a) His own death.
(b) The death of Douglass.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The end of slavery the following year.

4. What is the "West Indies Experiment?"
(a) An experiment to make white people slaves.
(b) An experiment to test working conditions on plantations.
(c) An experiment to see if slaves that were freed would be just as productive as the slaves who were not.
(d) An experiment to keep slave families together.

5. What type of writing is the second Preface?
(a) An essay.
(b) A letter.
(c) A poem.
(d) A short story.

Short Answer Questions

1. Garrison asks the reader for sympathy for whom in the Preface?

2. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?

3. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?

4. When was the opening Preface written?

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

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