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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What brings tears to Douglass's eyes, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?
(a) The emotional impact of babies being taken from their mothers.
(b) The images of slaves being hung.
(c) The images of the slaves being beaten.
(d) The memory of slaves singing.

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

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

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

6. What type of writing is the second Preface?
(a) A letter.
(b) A short story.
(c) A poem.
(d) An essay.

7. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?
(a) The Slave Trader.
(b) The Slave Master.
(c) The Liberator.
(d) New Englander.

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

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

10. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?
(a) 35 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 25 years.

11. What is the female slave's name that Douglass describes being beaten by the supervisor in Chapter 1?
(a) Jan Harris.
(b) Ann Jester.
(c) Aunt Hester.
(d) Arlene Henry.

12. Garrison refers to Douglas as a man with what, in his Preface (x)?
(a) "Little hope."
(b) "Commanding stature."
(c) "A body ravaged by time."
(d) "High regard."

13. How many slaves did Colonel Lloyd have in total?
(a) About 1,000.
(b) About 1,300.
(c) About 800.
(d) About 2,000.

14. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?
(a) Abolitionist.
(b) Religious.
(c) Fundamentalist.
(d) Democratic.

15. 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)?
(a) Clark County.
(b) Talbot County.
(c) Wilson County.
(d) Jackson County.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the opening Preface said to be written?

2. How many years was Daniel O'Connell a slave in Africa?

3. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?

4. What were the ships Phillips describes in the second Preface carrying?

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

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