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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?
(a) Mr. Grady.
(b) Mr. Plummer.
(c) Mr. Phillips.
(d) Mr. Garrison.

3. What is the writer of the second Preface famous for?
(a) Writing.
(b) Being a slave trainer.
(c) Being a slave master.
(d) Being an anti-slavery orator.

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

5. What is Douglass irritated with his mother for in Chapter 1?
(a) Not telling him who his father is.
(b) For leaving him even though he knows she could not help it.
(c) For coming to visit him, knowing she could get beaten for it.
(d) For dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state was Frederick Douglass born?

2. What is one of the contrasting effects of slavery that Douglass suffers, according to Garrison in the Preface (x)?

3. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?

4. At what age was Frederick Douglass when he was taken from his mother's care?

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

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