Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas Chapter 1 and 2

Why would slaveholders want to keep a slave ignorant of such a simple thing as his birthday?

• It makes them feel like animals.
• It keeps them uneducated.
• It makes them easier to control.
• All of the above.

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Who did Frederick suspect was his father?

• Frederick's master, a white man.

• He has no idea.

• A slave, a black man.

• All of the above.

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What is Douglass's most likely purpose for writing his autobiography?

• to entertain his audience

• to inform readers about the life of a slave

• to persuade students to learn how to read

• to tell interesting stories from his past

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Why does Frederick only rarely see his mother?

• She doesn't love him.

• He refuses to see her.

• She was moved to another plantation when he was still a baby.

• All of the above.

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What is the slave owners motivation for beating Aunt Hester?

• She did not make the right dinner for the household.

• She was not raising the children the way he wanted.

• She disobeyed his order and was caught with Ned's Lloyd.

• She did not make the deliveries on time.

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What do the slaveholders think the songs the slaves sing mean that they are __________ but Frederick Douglas states that they are revealing of their deepest ____________.

• content / sorrows

• hatred / love

• hunger / thirst

• tired / enjoyment

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What is a Slave Narrative? 

• An autobiography from the perspective of an enslaved person

• A legal document used to enslave and own human property

• A story about slavery told from the perspective of the master

• A dialect spoken by enslaved Africans in the deep south

3. Who wrote the autobiography "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave"?

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Fredrick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

What is slavery?

• A happy system where one person willingly lets another person own them. 
• A cruel system in which someone legally owns or controls another person.
• A system that is ok.
• A monarchy with a king and queen.

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Who did the slaves deem a good overseer because he was less cruel and profane than the others?

• Mr. Elliott

• Mr. Hopkins

• Mr. Severe

• Mr. Plummer

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