Autobiography of Frederick Douglass

Through the experiences described in this excerpt, Douglass gained ____________

• gratitude for his master’s and mistress’s actions

• a belief that people are not to be trusted

• more knowledge about the problem of slavery

• pleasure in spending time with his white friends

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Which sentence from the excerpt best demonstrates Douglass’s feelings about reading after he learned about slavery?

• In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan’s mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation.

• In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity.

• It was pressed upon me by every object within sight or hearing, animate or inanimate.

• I heard nothing without hearing it, and felt nothing without feeling it.

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Why does Douglass first describe his mistress as “a kind and tender-hearted woman”?

• To contrast with her later, cruel behavior

• To show how much he wanted to learn to read

• To prove that some slaveholders were caring

• To emphasize his good fortune

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