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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Garrison asks the reader for sympathy for whom in the Preface?
(a) Himself.
(b) The slaveholders.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) The down-trodden victims.

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

3. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?
(a) Boston.
(b) Plymouth.
(c) Springfield.
(d) Nantucket.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Garrison's newspaper published?

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

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

5. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?

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