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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom does the author compare Douglass in the second Preface?
(a) Preachers.
(b) The writers of the Constitution.
(c) Civil War Soldiers.
(d) Slave Masters.

3. Whose offices and printing presses were destroyed in the narrative of the second Preface?
(a) A doctor's.
(b) A pastor's.
(c) A teacher's.
(d) A lawyer's.

4. Approximately how many issues of his newspaper did William Lloyd Garrison publish?
(a) 15,000 issues.
(b) 1,800 issues.
(c) 100 issues.
(d) 500 issues.

5. What were the ships Phillips describes in the second Preface carrying?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Supplies.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?

4. When was the second Preface written?

5. What is the "West Indies Experiment?"

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