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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What later happened to the person whose offices and printing presses were destroyed?
(a) The person moved away.
(b) The person was murdered.
(c) The person went to jail.
(d) The person got help and rebuildt what was destroyed.

2. In what time period of his life does Douglass's detailed descriptions in Chapter 2 take place?
(a) When he met his first love.
(b) His teenage years.
(c) His twenties.
(d) Two years of his childhood.

3. 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 put Phillips in jail.
(c) The police investigated .
(d) The police did nothing.

4. Who was Colonel Edward Lloyd?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A slaveholder.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A Civil War soldier.

5. What does Douglass compare the way slaves are treated to?
(a) Children.
(b) Uneducated people.
(c) Mules.
(d) Animals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?

3. Who helped Frederick Douglass with his writing of this narrative?

4. What do the white sails of the ships mentioned in the second Preface symbolize?

5. What does the author of the second Preface compare slaves to?

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