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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Douglass shocked at seeing the female slave being beaten in Chapter 1?
(a) He thought the supervisor was a good man.
(b) He thought she was nice.
(c) He lived at the far end of the farm and was sheltered from these occurrences.
(d) She was young and pregnant.

3. What does Frederick Douglass say disgusts him in Chapter 1?
(a) Slaves being removed from their families.
(b) Slaveholders forcing themselves on slave women, then having children with them.
(c) The murder of innocent people.
(d) Slaves being sold in cities.

4. When was the opening Preface written?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1849.

5. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?
(a) Calm.
(b) Godliness.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the writer of the second Preface famous for?

2. What type of writing is the second Preface?

3. What was the main competition among the slaves, according to the author in Chapter 3?

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

5. What is the name of the main farm house that Colonel Edward Lloyd owned?

(see the answer key)

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