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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body of water does Phillips say Douglass has seen the ships sailing on in the second Preface?
(a) The Chesapeake Bay.
(b) The Boston Harbor.
(c) The Atlantic Ocean.
(d) Cape Cod.

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

3. In what state was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) Maine.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Maryland.

4. Garrison refers to Douglas as a man with what, in his Preface (x)?
(a) "Little hope."
(b) "A body ravaged by time."
(c) "High regard."
(d) "Commanding stature."

5. What does Douglass describe in detail in Chapter 2?
(a) His aunts and uncles.
(b) His brother and sisters.
(c) His first masters and the farms he lived on.
(d) His mother and her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Garrison asks the reader for sympathy for whom in the Preface?

2. Who did Phillips watch being dragged off to be lynched, according to his narrative in the second Preface?

3. What does Douglass compare the way slaves are treated to?

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

5. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?

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