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Why did Mrs. Auld stop teaching Douglass how to read?

• Her husband told her to stop teaching him.

• She didn't have time anymore b/c she'd recently had a baby.

• She wanted to devote her efforts to educating her own son.

• She became very sick.

According to Douglass, which described Mrs. Auld in the beginning?

• Kind and tender-hearted

• A good Christian Woman

• ill-equipped to be a slave-holder.

• All of the these.

What did Douglas credit as having changed Mrs. Auld on fundamental level- not just how she treated Douglass.

• The institution of slavery itself.

• The vicious beatings by her husband.

• The neighbor's gossip about her kindness to a slave.

• Douglass's rebellious behavior.

What did Douglass do that made Mrs. Auld angry?

• He tried to run away.

• He reads despite her efforts to stop him.

• He breaks a valuable vase.

• He steals a piece of jewelry.

How did Douglass's playmates feel about slavery?

• They thought it was wrong.

• They didn't really care b/c it didn't affect them.

• They thought it was ok b/c that is what their slave-holder father's had taught them.

• They envied slaves b/c they wouldn't have to grow up to have responsibility for the welfare of others.

Which is NOT true about the impact of Douglass's learning to read?

• It made him more frustrated with his being enslaved.

• It gave him the reason and language to articulate his thoughts.

• It gave him favor and status with the slave holders and other slaves.

• It gave him the tools to argue against slavery when given the opportunity to do so with others.

How did Douglass continue to try to learn even after Mrs. Auld stopped teaching him?

• Mr. Auld took over his instruction.

• His own mother taught him.

• Other slaves taught him.

• White playmates taught him.

What two things does Douglass say are incompatible?

• White boys and black boys

• Education and slavery

• Mr. Auld and Mrs. Auld

• Ignorance and education.

In the Columbian Orator, Douglass recounts a story where a slave and a slave owner argue about slavery. What happens at the end of that dialog?

• The slave owner beats the slave.

• The slave submits to the slave-owner.

• The slave owner emancipates the slave.

• The slave converts to Christianity.

To what does Douglass attribute the cause of slavery?

• The pride, power, and greed of Man.

• A spiritual curse.

• Fundamental inequality of different races.

• A racist educational system.