Frederick Douglass Chapter 2 Review

Which sentence BEST supports that the lack of time for sleep was worse than the lack of beds or blankets for the enslaved people on the farm?

• "There were no beds given the slaves, unless one coarse blanket be considered such, and none but the men and women had these."

• "This however, is not considered a very great privation."

• "They find less difficulty from the want of beds, than from the want of time to sleep."

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What role did Mr. Severe and Mr. Hopkins have in common?

• They were both overseers, hired to manage the enslaved people on the farm.

• They were both "masters," who claimed enslaved people as their property.

• They were both ordinary farmers, who helped Captain Anthony from time to time.

• They were both enslaved people, who suffered the same as the others.

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Which of the following statements describe Mr. Severe?

• took pleasure in attacking enslaved people

• did not seem to enjoy attacking enslaved people

• did not curse and swear as much

• cursed and swore frequently

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Which of the following statements describe Mr. Hopkins?

• took pleasure in attacking enslaved people

• did not seem to enjoy attacking enslaved people

• did not curse and swear as much

• cursed and swore frequently

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Why do you think Douglass included the description of the enslaved people's lives in the beginning of Chapter 2?

• so the readers could better understand the slave owners

• so the readers could get to know the family of Douglass's master

• so the readers could compare their lives to the enslaved people's lives

• so the readers can learn about the different overseers Douglass encountered

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Which is the BEST paraphrase of the following sentence:

"This they would sing, as a chorus, to words which to many would seem unmeaning jargon, but which, never were full of meaning to themselves."

• They would sing songs that no one could understand, not even themselves.

• They would sing words that no outsider could understand, but that had clear meaning to themselves.

• They would sing in secret codes.

• They would sing meaningless words, and everyone made up their own interpretation of those words.

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Accoring to Douglass, listening to the music of enslaved people gives better insight into slavery than reading about slavery.

• True

• False

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When Douglass was enslaved, he ___________ the deeper meaning of the songs.

• understood

• did not understand

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What primary feeling does Douglass experience when he hears the music of enslaved people now?

• joy

• fear

• curiosity

• sorrow

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Which opinion about the music does Dougalss argue against in Chapter 2?

• music by enslaved people should be recoreded and sold publicly

• music by enslaved people is evidence of their joy

• music by enslaved people is not as important as other forms of music

• music by enslaved people is a record of their misery

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