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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Douglass's concern in Chapter 1 symbolic for?
(a) Feeling helpless.
(b) Loss of his identity.
(c) Not being loved.
(d) Lack of control.

2. How old does Douglass write that he thinks he is in the first Chapter?
(a) 29 or 30 years old.
(b) 27 or 28 years old.
(c) 25 or 26 years old.
(d) 20 or 21 years old.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Colonel Lloyd obsessed with, according to the narrative in Chapter 3?

2. What did Douglass realize about education in Chapter 6?

3. While Douglass talks about slavery, what does he have flashbacks about in Chapter 1?

4. What type of writing is the second Preface?

5. Who said, "It would forever unfit him to be a slave" (29)?

(see the answer key)

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