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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?
2. What did the slaves produce on the main farm besides tobacco and corn?
3. 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)?
4. What was a teenage girl in Douglass's own family killed for?
5. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the West Indies Experiment?
2. What did the white children know that black slaves do not, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 1?
3. Why does Phillips say he does not want to know Douglass's name or place of birth in the second Preface?
4. Describe the Great House Farm. Who owned it?
5. Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
6. How is Garrison's Preface different than other prefaces?
7. In the Preface, why does Mr. Garrison talk about a story that Daniel O'Connell has previously told?
8. What is the irony regarding the slaves wanting to work at the main farm?
9. What was the situation surrounding Demby's death?
10. What is the importance of Douglass knowing the slave master's family's names?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the narrative style of Douglass's memoir. From what perspective is the memoir written? In what tense is it related? Why are these decisions by the writer important?
Essay Topic 2
At various times throughout Douglass's life, he found a way to continue to hope, which carried him on in his difficult life as a slave. Discuss three or more examples and the circumstances around these situations. Why was hope so vital to Douglass and other slaves? What symbolism in the memoir connects to the theme of hope? What message of hope do you find in Douglass's narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Write about the women in Douglass's life, both well known and not so well known. Choose three or more women that Douglass knew and discuss how these women taught Douglass, either through demonstration or first-hand experience. How did each woman stand out from the others? What was the significance of each woman's encounter with Douglass? What are his perceptions of these exchanges?
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