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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Garrison's newspaper published?
(a) After the Civil War.
(b) During the Civil War.
(c) Before, during, and after the Civil War.
(d) Before the Civil War.

2. In what time period of his life does Douglass's detailed descriptions in Chapter 2 take place?
(a) When he met his first love.
(b) His twenties.
(c) His teenage years.
(d) Two years of his childhood.

3. How many years was Daniel O'Connell a slave in Africa?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

4. Why did the slaves say kind words about their masters?
(a) To gain the masters respect.
(b) To receive more food.
(c) Because they were afraid of being traded away.
(d) To gain better living accomadations.

5. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?
(a) His first master.
(b) His brother and sister.
(c) His slave friend.
(d) His mother and her parents.

6. To whom does the author compare Douglass in the second Preface?
(a) Slave Masters.
(b) Preachers.
(c) Civil War Soldiers.
(d) The writers of the Constitution.

7. Whose offices and printing presses were destroyed in the narrative of the second Preface?
(a) A teacher's.
(b) A lawyer's.
(c) A pastor's.
(d) A doctor's.

8. What later happened to the person whose offices and printing presses were destroyed?
(a) The person got help and rebuildt what was destroyed.
(b) The person went to jail.
(c) The person was murdered.
(d) The person moved away.

9. Who was Frederick Douglass's first master?
(a) Captain Anthony.
(b) William Davenport.
(c) William Lloyd Garrison.
(d) James O'Conner.

10. What is one of the contrasting effects of slavery that Douglass suffers, according to Garrison in the Preface (x)?
(a) "Loses his soul."
(b) "No formal education."
(c) "A life not worth living."
(d) "Trembling in fear for his safety."

11. What is the possible real reason that the female slave was beaten?
(a) She stole some food.
(b) She was disobedent.
(c) She ran away, but was later caught.
(d) She is found with a male slave and her master was jealous.

12. What is the writer of the second Preface famous for?
(a) Being a slave master.
(b) Writing.
(c) Being a slave trainer.
(d) Being an anti-slavery orator.

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

14. Who helped Frederick Douglass with his writing of this narrative?
(a) Daniel O'Connell.
(b) No one.
(c) William L. Garrison.
(d) James McAlister.

15. What was a teenage girl in Douglass's own family killed for?
(a) Feeding the house animals too much.
(b) Talking to the masters children.
(c) Falling asleep while babysitting.
(d) Not properly cleaning the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?

4. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?

5. How many shirts did each working slave get for a year?

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