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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Garrison describe Douglass's nature in the Preface?
(a) Condescending.
(b) Self-centered.
(c) Disrespectful.
(d) Humble.

2. Phillips compares the Mississippi Valley to a story in what publication?
(a) A journal.
(b) A letter.
(c) The Bible.
(d) A newspaper.

3. How old does Douglass write that he thinks he is in the first Chapter?
(a) 25 or 26 years old.
(b) 27 or 28 years old.
(c) 20 or 21 years old.
(d) 29 or 30 years old.

4. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?
(a) 35 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 15 years.

5. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?
(a) Abolitionist.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Religious.
(d) Fundamentalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Garrison refers to Douglas as a man with what, in his Preface (x)?

2. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?

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

4. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?

5. What does Frederick Douglass say disgusts him in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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