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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Garrison describe Douglass's nature in the Preface?
(a) Self-centered.
(b) Disrespectful.
(c) Humble.
(d) Condescending.

2. Garrison builds up Douglass as an icon of what movement in the Preface?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Fundamentalist.
(c) Religious.
(d) Abolitionist.

3. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?
(a) Tools.
(b) Machines.
(c) Animals.
(d) Rocks.

4. Where is the opening Preface said to be written?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) St. Charles.

5. What happened when Phillips went to the police about issues related to slavery?
(a) The police found the wrongdoers and punished them.
(b) The police did nothing.
(c) The police investigated .
(d) The police put Phillips in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the ships Phillips describes in the second Preface carrying?

2. When was the opening Preface written?

3. To whom does the author compare Douglass in the second Preface?

4. What is the final line of Garrison's Preface (x)?

5. What is one of the contrasting effects of slavery that Douglass suffers, according to Garrison in the Preface (x)?

(see the answer key)

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