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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?
(a) Calm.
(b) Peace.
(c) Godliness.
(d) Goodness.

5. What is Douglass irritated with his mother for in Chapter 1?
(a) For dying.
(b) Not telling him who his father is.
(c) For coming to visit him, knowing she could get beaten for it.
(d) For leaving him even though he knows she could not help it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the female slave's name that Douglass describes being beaten by the supervisor in Chapter 1?

2. What rumor does Douglass relate about himself in Chapter 1?

3. What is the "West Indies Experiment?"

4. Whose offices and printing presses were destroyed in the narrative of the second Preface?

5. What was Colonel Lloyd obsessed with, according to the narrative in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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