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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body of water does Phillips say Douglass has seen the ships sailing on in the second Preface?
(a) The Chesapeake Bay.
(b) The Boston Harbor.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

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

3. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?
(a) The Slave Trader.
(b) New Englander.
(c) The Liberator.
(d) The Slave Master.

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

5. Where is the opening Preface said to be written?
(a) St. Charles.
(b) Boston.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?

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

3. When was Garrison's newspaper published?

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

5. What is William Lloyd Garrison well-known for being?

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