Douglass - Ch. 3

What is a dearborn? ("His carriage-house contained three splendid coaches, three or four gigs, besides dearborns and barouches of the most fashionable style.")

• a wheel
•  a wagon
• a truck
• a cobblestone road

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How does the garden serve to instill fear into the slaves?

• they can't resist it's gifts
• it distracts them from their work
• "the garden was not the least source of trouble on the plantation"
• it provides yet another reason slaves can be severely punished

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Old Barney and Young Barney were frequently whipped based on 

• the status of the Col.'s horses
• for the most deserving crimes
• their attitudes
• their ability to lie to the master

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The following sentence contains which rhetorical device: "But it was by no means an easy employment; for in nothing was Col. Lloyd more particular than in the management of his horses"? 

• hyperbole
• litotes
• metonymy
• paradox

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

To those living at the Great House Farm, particularly Col. Lloyd's sons, whipping slaves was considered

• a job responsibility
• a luxary
• a pleasure
• painful 

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Why do the masters care about their reputations amongst the slaves?

• because it preserves a competitive atmosphere
• because it staves off rebellion
• because it makes masters richer
• because it establishes a strict maxim about behavior amongst the slaves

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What does 'imbibe' mean?

• insult
• absorb
• involve
• care for

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

While Col. Lloyd was the richest, Mr. Jepson was

• the smartest
• the most evil
• the best
• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What's worse than being a slave?

• being a poor man's slave
• being a slave separated from his family 
• being a slave without an identity
• being a dead slave

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In the last paragraph of chapter 3, it is apparent that Douglass sees the slaves' passionate defense of their masters as

• noble but incomprehensible
• admirable but inexcusable
• natural but ironic
• understandable but disappointing

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10