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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Colonel Lloyd do about one of his slaves getting killed by the overseer in the narrative of Chapter 4?
(a) He did nothing and let the incident pass.
(b) He turned the slave master in to the authorities.
(c) He made the slave master pay the cost of the slave.
(d) He fired the slave master.

3. What event did the author of the second Preface predict?
(a) His own death.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The death of Douglass.
(d) The end of slavery the following year.

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

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

6. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?
(a) Springfield.
(b) Plymouth.
(c) Nantucket.
(d) Boston.

7. What rumor does Douglass relate about himself in Chapter 1?
(a) His father was a white man.
(b) His father was a Civil War soldier.
(c) His father was a doctor.
(d) His father was a lawyer.

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

9. How many house servants did Colonel Lloyd have?
(a) 10-15.
(b) 8-10.
(c) 20-25.
(d) 5-10.

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

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

12. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Calm.
(c) Peace.
(d) Godliness.

13. What is William Lloyd Garrison well-known for being?
(a) An abolitionist.
(b) A slave.
(c) A Civil War soldier.
(d) A slave master.

14. When was the second Preface written?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1818.

15. What was the name of the overseer for the main farm house of Colonel Lloyd?
(a) Captain Anthony.
(b) Captain O'Connel.
(c) Colonel Edward Lloyd.
(d) Captain Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Slave Master Mr. Hopkins replaced with?

2. What did the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins demand from the slaves?

3. What was a teenage girl in Douglass's own family killed for?

4. How does Douglass describe the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins?

5. What extreme example does Douglass give in Chapter 4 of what slaveholders are able to get away with?

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