The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass chapters 1-10

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 answers.

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Why do the slaves say nice things about their masters?

• To gain the master's respect
• Because they are afraid of being traded away
• To get better living accomodations
• To get more food

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The children unable to work in the field had neither shoes, stockings, jackets, nor trousers, given to them; their clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts per year. When these failed them, they went naked until the next allowance-day. Children from seven to ten years old, of both sexes, almost naked, might be seen at all seasons of the year.

This excerpt supports which position?

• Slavery is terrible for slaves.

• Slavery corrupts slave holders.

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Mr. Severe's name could be an example of

• a metaphor

• a simile

• personification

• imagery

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Mr. Severe was rightly named: he was a cruel man. I have seen him whip a woman, causing the blood to run half an hour at the time; and this, too, in the midst of her crying children, pleading for their mother’s release. He seemed to take pleasure in manifesting his fiendish barbarity. Added to his cruelty, he was a profane swearer. It was enough to chill the blood and stiffen the hair of an ordinary man to hear him talk. Scarce a sentence escaped him but that was commenced or concluded by some horrid oath.

Which position does this excerpt support?

• Slavery is terrible for slaves.

• Slavery corrupts slave holders.

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What is Douglass happy about receiving for his trip to help one of his master's relatives?

• A hair cut
• A pair of shoes
• A new shirt
• His first pair of pants

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To what does Frederick attribute the kindness of Mrs. Auld?

• She always does what her husband says.
• She has never owned a slave before.
• Her mother was a slave.
• She grew up in a slave-owning family.

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 How did Mrs. Auld change and why did she change?

• She became more kind; she felt sorry for the slaves.
• She became withdrawn; she was ashamed of owning slaves.
• She became harsh and cruel; she learned how to be a slave owner.
• She became happy; she wanted Frederick to be free.

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It was against the law for enslaved people to learn to read. Slave owners worried that their slaves would learn about _______.

• slavery
• religion
• taxes
• freedom

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Why does Frederick call Mr. Auld’s forbidding his learning how to read “invaluable instruction”?

• It confirmed that education is necessary and important.
• It scared him into submission.
• It taught him to accept his place as a slave.
• All of the above.

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