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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Phillips watch being dragged off to be lynched, according to his narrative in the second Preface?
(a) Daniel O'Connell.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) James McAlister.
(d) William Lloyd Garrison.

3. What is Douglass's concern in Chapter 1 symbolic for?
(a) Not being loved.
(b) Lack of control.
(c) Feeling helpless.
(d) Loss of his identity.

4. What did the slaves produce on the main farm besides tobacco and corn?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Squash.

5. Who did Douglass's first master oversee?
(a) Three of the overseers.
(b) All of the overseers.
(c) Two of the overseers.
(d) Most of the overseers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?

2. What is the name of the main farm house that Colonel Edward Lloyd owned?

3. What was the name of the overseer who Douglass describes as cursing all day and whose death was seen as a blessing in Chapter 2?

4. In what time period of his life does Douglass's detailed descriptions in Chapter 2 take place?

5. According to Douglass, what did the slaves strive for at Lloyd's plantations?

(see the answer key)

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