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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?
(a) The police investigated .
(b) The police did nothing.
(c) The police found the wrongdoers and punished them.
(d) The police put Phillips in jail.

4. What is the final line of Garrison's Preface (x)?
(a) "WE CAN FREE THE SLAVES NOW!"
(b) "NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY! NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS!"
(c) "DEATH TO THE SLAVEHOLDERS!"
(d) "FREE ALL THE SLAVES NOW!"

5. When was the opening Preface written?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1849.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?

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

4. Who gave the anti-slavery speech in Massachusetts that is described in the Preface?

5. Where is the opening Preface said to be written?

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