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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Mr. Anthony.
(b) Mr. Severe.
(c) Mr. Hopkins.
(d) Mr. Lloyd.

2. What did Douglass use to practice his writing?
(a) Pen.
(b) Chalk.
(c) Pencil.
(d) Quill and ink.

3. What did the slaveholder use as a way to justify slavery in Chapter 9?
(a) Slaves needed guidance to survive.
(b) Religion.
(c) Laws.
(d) The need for workers.

4. What best defines what "mulatto" means?
(a) A person who has one white parent and one blank parent.
(b) A person who is violent to slaves.
(c) An adulterous relationship between a master and a slave.
(d) A slave child.

5. What is Douglass' concerned about in Chapter 1?
(a) His age.
(b) Being beaten.
(c) Not having enough food.
(d) His mom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the slave master tell his wife regarding not teaching slaves to read?

3. What is the focus of Douglass's descriptions in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. When was the second Preface written?

5. Who did Douglass have to fight with to get his daily food?

(see the answer key)

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