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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Garrison asks the reader for sympathy for whom in the Preface?
(a) The down-trodden victims.
(b) The slaveholders.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Himself.

2. How many overseers were there for the farms that Colonel Edward Lloyd owns?
(a) There was one overseer for each farm and one main overseer for all.
(b) There was only one overseer .
(c) There were two overseers for the farms.
(d) There was one overseer for every three farms and one main overseer for all.

3. Who did Phillips watch being dragged off to be lynched, according to his narrative in the second Preface?
(a) Daniel O'Connell.
(b) James McAlister.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) William Lloyd Garrison.

4. What is the name of the newspaper Garrison published?
(a) The Liberator.
(b) New Englander.
(c) The Slave Trader.
(d) The Slave Master.

5. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?
(a) Mr. Garrison.
(b) Mr. Grady.
(c) Mr. Phillips.
(d) Mr. Plummer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Douglass have to work on occasion on Mr. Covey's farm?

2. Who gave the anti-slavery speech in Massachusetts that is described in the Preface?

3. Approximately how old was Douglass when he went back to his birth place in Chapter 8?

4. What did Douglass's master inadvertently teach him in Chapter 6?

5. What type of writing is the second Preface?

(see the answer key)

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