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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Douglass compare the way slaves are treated to?
(a) Animals.
(b) Uneducated people.
(c) Mules.
(d) Children.

3. About what age was Douglass when his mother died?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 17.

4. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?
(a) He was a soldier.
(b) He was a writer.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a publisher.

5. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?
(a) Mr. Grady.
(b) Mr. Garrison.
(c) Mr. Phillips.
(d) Mr. Plummer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4 Douglass says, "I speak advisedly when I say this,--that killing a slave, or any colored person, in" what county of "Maryland, is not treated as a crime, either by the courts or the community" (20)?

2. Who gave the anti-slavery speech in Massachusetts that is described in the Preface?

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

4. When was Garrison's newspaper published?

5. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?

(see the answer key)

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