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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frederick Douglass say disgusts him in Chapter 1?
(a) Slaves being sold in cities.
(b) The murder of innocent people.
(c) Slaveholders forcing themselves on slave women, then having children with them.
(d) Slaves being removed from their families.

2. Why was Douglass shocked at seeing the female slave being beaten in Chapter 1?
(a) He lived at the far end of the farm and was sheltered from these occurrences.
(b) He thought she was nice.
(c) She was young and pregnant.
(d) He thought the supervisor was a good man.

3. What type of writing is the second Preface?
(a) A poem.
(b) A short story.
(c) An essay.
(d) A letter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a main theme that Douglass uses in Chapter 3?

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

3. What brings tears to Douglass's eyes, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?

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

5. How does Garrison describe Douglass's nature in the Preface?

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