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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 is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?

2. Why did the Colonel put tar on the fence?

3. What does Phillips say he did while reading what Douglass had written?

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

5. When did William Lloyd Garrison see the abolitionist speech described in the Preface?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the West Indies Experiment?

2. How does Douglass compare slaves to animals in Chapter 3?

3. Describe the Great House Farm. Who owned it?

4. What was Colonel Lloyd's garden like?

5. Describe in detail what was given to the slaves by the slaveholder as their rations. When did they receive these rations?

6. In the Preface, why does Mr. Garrison talk about a story that Daniel O'Connell has previously told?

7. Who was William Lloyd Garrison?

8. What is the importance of the songs of the slaves in Chapter 2?

9. How does Douglass describe the treatment of mulatto slaves in Chapter 1?

10. What does Philips say about Douglass and his life of slavery in the second Preface?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Douglass uses irony throughout his book. Define irony and then discuss three examples of irony that Douglass uses. Why does Douglass use irony in describing his experiences as a slave? What type of irony is used? What effect does it create?

Essay Topic 2

How did slave masters go about the process of dominating slaves and maintaining that domination? What are examples specifically of how this process took place? What are the dangers of enslavement today, given our knowledge of slavery's history?

Essay Topic 3

Define what an abolitionist was to Douglass. Discuss the risks abolitionists faced and their possible reasons for doing so. Why did Douglass want to risk his new-found freedom to help with the anti-slavery movement? Why did others who contributed to the book? What is notable about their sacrifices?

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