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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Douglass talks about slavery, what does he have flashbacks about in Chapter 1?
(a) His first master.
(b) His first love.
(c) His family.
(d) A friend who was a slave as a child.

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

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

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

5. What does Phillips say he did while reading what Douglass had written?
(a) Trembled.
(b) Cried.
(c) Shook.
(d) Laughed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Approximately how many issues of his newspaper did William Lloyd Garrison publish?

3. When was Garrison's newspaper published?

4. What does Douglass compare the way slaves are treated to?

5. Who does Douglass begin Chapter 1 talking about?

(see the answer key)

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