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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is William Lloyd Garrison well-known for being?
(a) A Civil War soldier.
(b) An abolitionist.
(c) A slave.
(d) A slave master.

2. Wendell Phillips was the son of a mayor of what city in Massachusetts?
(a) Plymouth.
(b) Springfield.
(c) Boston.
(d) Nantucket.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event did the author of the second Preface predict?

2. How does Garrison describe Douglass's nature in the Preface?

3. Who did Phillips watch being dragged off to be lynched, according to his narrative in the second Preface?

4. What were the ships Phillips describes in the second Preface carrying?

5. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?

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