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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose offices and printing presses were destroyed in the narrative of the second Preface?
(a) A pastor's.
(b) A teacher's.
(c) A doctor's.
(d) A lawyer's.

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

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

4. What were the ships Phillips describes in the second Preface carrying?
(a) Supplies.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Food.

5. According to Douglass, what did the slaves strive for at Lloyd's plantations?
(a) To be the head slave.
(b) To get an additional blanket.
(c) To work at the main farm.
(d) To get extra food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frederick Douglass say disgusts him in Chapter 1?

2. How long was the food that is given to the adult slaves supposed to last?

3. In what time period of his life does Douglass's detailed descriptions in Chapter 2 take place?

4. What has stayed in Douglass's memory for the rest of his life, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?

5. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?

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