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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Douglass describe the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins?
(a) As ruthless and violent.
(b) As kind and gentle.
(c) As articulate.
(d) As thin and wiry.

2. Who lived across the street and treated his slaves cruelly, according to Douglass's narrative in Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. Dingall.
(b) Mr. Hamilton.
(c) Mr. Casson.
(d) Mr. Lundy.

3. What did the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins demand from the slaves?
(a) Food.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Money.

4. What is the "West Indies Experiment?"
(a) An experiment to test working conditions on plantations.
(b) An experiment to see if slaves that were freed would be just as productive as the slaves who were not.
(c) An experiment to make white people slaves.
(d) An experiment to keep slave families together.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slaves did Colonel Lloyd have in total?

2. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?

3. What did the slave master tell his wife regarding not teaching slaves to read?

4. What rumor does Douglass relate about himself in Chapter 1?

5. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?

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