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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did William Lloyd Garrison see the abolitionist speech described in the Preface?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1862.

2. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?
(a) Machines.
(b) Animals.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Tools.

3. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?
(a) The police did nothing.
(b) The police put Phillips in jail.
(c) The police investigated .
(d) The police found the wrongdoers and punished them.

4. What did Colonel Lloyd own that took five men to maintain?
(a) A pool.
(b) A garden.
(c) A ship.
(d) A large food storage building.

5. What extreme example does Douglass give in Chapter 4 of what slaveholders are able to get away with?
(a) Starving slaves.
(b) Murdering slaves.
(c) Beating slaves.
(d) Overworking slaves.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many house servants did Colonel Lloyd have?

3. What is William Lloyd Garrison well-known for being?

4. What was the name of the overseer who Douglass describes as cursing all day and whose death was seen as a blessing in Chapter 2?

5. What is Douglass's concern in Chapter 1 symbolic for?

(see the answer key)

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