Frederick Douglass Excerpt

In the sentence that begins paragraph 5 (“Mr. Severe…cruel man”), the second clause, in relation to the first, serves to

• qualify

• contradict

• reiterate

• explain

• undercut

Which of the following changes to the sentence beginning “He was less cruel…” (para 6) would improve the parallelism in the sentence?

• Replace “He” with “Mr. Hopkins”

• End the sentence with “than Mr. Severe had been”

• Replace “made less noise” with “less noisy”

• End the sentence with “than did Mr. Severe”

• Add “and” before “less profane”

The analogy comparing slaves to office-seekers (last two sentences of para 7) serves primarily to show that the slaves’ attempts to please their overseers were

• pragmatic

• cynical

• patriotic

• condescending

• pitiable

The extreme meagerness of the slaves’ expectations is LEAST emphasized by their attitude toward

• Mr. Hopkins

• The Great House Farm

• beds

• Colonel Lloyd’s personal slaves

• The clothing allowance

Douglass’ discussion of the slaves’ singing is most notable for

• hyperbole

• paradox

• antithesis

• succinctness

• invective

The phrase “an expression of feeling has already found its way down my cheek” (para 10) presents an example of

• simile

• personification

• metonymy

• allusion

• apostrophe

Douglass’ utter astonishment (in the final paragraph) likely arises from his belief that

I. people in the North are not as sensitive as southerners

II. people in the North have the advantage of an outsider’s perspective

III. the slave’s songs’ reflection of suffering should be almost self-evident

• I only

• II only

• I and II only

• II and III only

• I, II, and III

The passage as a whole progresses from

• concrete explanation to abstract theorizing

• objective reporting to emotional reflection

• detached reminiscence to impassioned advocacy

• nostalgic recollection to rueful resignation

• disinterested observation to lugubrious invective