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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) "Commanding stature."
(b) "Little hope."
(c) "High regard."
(d) "A body ravaged by time."

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

3. What event did the author of the second Preface predict?
(a) The end of slavery the following year.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The death of Douglass.
(d) His own death.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose offices and printing presses were destroyed in the narrative of the second Preface?

3. When was the second Preface written?

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

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

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