English 1301 Quiz

What is the reason that Frederick Douglas decides to become frustrated with his treatment from Mrs. Auld?

• She decides to become different and follow her husband

• She decides to become an abolitionist

• She decides to anger her husband to help him

• She decides to run away with other slaves

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Who is the Abolitionist leader that was born into slavery around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland?

• Martina Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Frederick Douglass

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When Frederick Douglass stated the following about his Mistress, "That for her to treat me as a human being was not only wrong, but dangerously so."

Why was it dangerous and wrong for her to treat him as a human?

(There are multiple answers to this question mark ALL that apply)

• Slaves were considered less than human

• If someone was caught teaching a slave to read and write they would be punished.

• They could make their own freedom papers.

• Knowledge is power. The more they know the more they have control.

• All of the Above

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Did he have a school or a teacher?

• Yes

• No

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Did his mistress ever instruct him in reading?

• Yes

• No

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When did the mistress treatment of Frederick Douglass change? What was the first step in her downward course?

• When she understood her role as a slave master or owner; when she ceased to teach him.

• when she left; and when he ran away.

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What made his mistress angry?

• Seeing him with a newspaper

• Him sleeping

• Laughing

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What does he mean when he says, She seemed to think that here lay the danger?

• Knowledge is power. If the slaves knew how to read and write they would understand how their lives should change. They could make freedom papers.

• That he would find his money

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During Frederick Douglass's time, could education and slavery exist together?

• Yes

• NO

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A brutal, insensitive, or crude person

• Brute

• Chattel

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