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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped Frederick Douglass with his writing of this narrative?
(a) Daniel O'Connell.
(b) James McAlister.
(c) William L. Garrison.
(d) No one.

2. About what age was Douglass when his mother died?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 17.
(d) 7.

3. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?
(a) His mother and her parents.
(b) His father and his parents.
(c) His mother and his aunt.
(d) His father and his uncle.

4. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?
(a) Machines.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Animals.
(d) Tools.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?

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

4. What is Douglass's concern in Chapter 1 symbolic for?

5. What later happened to the person whose offices and printing presses were destroyed?

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