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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years was Daniel O'Connell a slave in Africa?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

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

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

4. What is one of the contrasting effects of slavery that Douglass suffers, according to Garrison in the Preface (x)?
(a) "Trembling in fear for his safety."
(b) "Loses his soul."
(c) "A life not worth living."
(d) "No formal education."

5. What event did the author of the second Preface predict?
(a) The death of Douglass.
(b) His own death.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The end of slavery the following year.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long was the food that is given to the adult slaves supposed to last?

4. What was the name of the overseer for the main farm house of Colonel Lloyd?

5. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?

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