Narrative of Frederick Douglass Review

What is the setting of the text?

• The South, mid 1600s

• The South, mid 1700s

• The South, mid 1800s

• The South, mid 1900s

What is the point of view of the story?

• 1st person

• 3rd person objective

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

What is the genre?

• biography
• autobiography
• historical fiction
• drama

What is the meaning behind this sentence? “My mistress, who had kindly commenced to instruct me, had, in compliance with the advice and direction of her husband, not only ceased

• His mistress is upset because she can no longer teach him how to read.

• Although his master wanted him to learn how to read, his mistress was against it.

• His mistress stopped teaching his master how to read, and then became upset about it.

• Although his mistress taught him to read, she turned against it because of her husband.

What does this figure of speech mean? “From this time on I was narrowly watched.”

• He was barely watched.
• He was watched very carefully.
• He was never watched.
• He was watched from a distance.

From whom did he learn how to read, after the mistress?

• from the master
• from teachers at school
• from kids in the neighborhood
• from another slave

“She had bread for the hungry, clothes for the naked, and comfort for every mourner that came within her reach. Slavery soon proved its ability to divest her of these heavenly qualities.” Which figurative language device is being used here?

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

“She had bread for the hungry, clothes for the naked, and comfort for every mourner that came within her reach. Slavery soon proved its ability to divest her of these heavenly qualities.” What does “divest” mean?

• rob
• provide
• convince
• contemplate

Why did Frederick Douglass call learning to read a “curse”?

• because it was so difficult
• because it showed him what he didn’t have
• because it caused the mistress to be angry at him
• because it caused trouble between the master and mistress

What is the central idea of the text?

• Learning to read often causes trouble.
• Masters and mistresses sometimes argue.
• A slave learns how to read.
• Treat all members of society with dignity and respect.