Frederick Douglass Chapter 2

Frederick Douglass Chapter 2

11th Grade

8 Qs

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Frederick Douglass Chapter 2

Frederick Douglass Chapter 2

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the sentence that begins paragraph 5 (“Mr. Severe…cruel man”), the second clause, in relation to the first, serves to

qualify

contradict

reiterate

explain

undercut

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following changes to the sentence beginning “He was less cruel…” (para 6) would improve the parallelism in the sentence?

Replace “He” with “Mr. Hopkins”

End the sentence with “than Mr. Severe had been”

Replace “made less noise” with “less noisy”

End the sentence with “than did Mr. Severe”

Add “and” before “less profane”

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The analogy comparing slaves to office-seekers (last two sentences of para 7) serves primarily to show that the slaves’ attempts to please their overseers were

pragmatic

cynical

patriotic

condescending

pitiable

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The extreme meagerness of the slaves’ expectations is LEAST emphasized by their attitude toward

Mr. Hopkins

The Great House Farm

beds

Colonel Lloyd’s personal slaves

The clothing allowance

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Douglass’ discussion of the slaves’ singing is most notable for

hyperbole

paradox

antithesis

succinctness

invective

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The phrase “an expression of feeling has already found its way down my cheek” (para 10) presents an example of

simile

personification

metonymy

allusion

apostrophe

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Douglass’ utter astonishment (in the final paragraph) likely arises from his belief that


I. people in the North are not as sensitive as southerners

II. people in the North have the advantage of an outsider’s perspective

III. the slave’s songs’ reflection of suffering should be almost self-evident

I only

II only

I and II only

II and III only

I, II, and III

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The passage as a whole progresses from

concrete explanation to abstract theorizing

objective reporting to emotional reflection

detached reminiscence to impassioned advocacy

nostalgic recollection to rueful resignation

disinterested observation to lugubrious invective