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WorksheetsThe Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
The word "prudence" means:
the wise handling of practical matters
shyness or nervousness
difficulty understanding simple ideas
a fear of punishment
Apprehension is
a type of novel.
a fear of the future.
the understanding of a text.
the demonstration of an idea.
To "commence" means to
sell
speak
confuse
begin
What is "vindication?"
a source of information
a type of crime
the proof that a claim is correct
the need to receive payment
When something is unabated, it
remains at full force.
is considered wrong or illegal.
can be obtained without cost.
needs additional research or study.
Which of the following is a step that Douglass took in order to learn how to read?
He saved his money to buy books when he went on errands.
He stole the textbooks from the white kids in his neighborhood that attended school.
He took lessons with his master once a week.
He paid poor little white boys with bread in exchange for reading lessons.
Why is it that Douglass feels that "learning to read had already come to torment him."
The ability to read was something that Douglass felt very proudly about.
Douglass didn't like having to carry heavy books everywhere he went.
Now that he could read, there were many people that wanted him to teach them, but he didn't have the time.
Once he could read, he became very aware of how terrible slavery was and it made him hate his master and fight against slavery.
The first person to teach Douglass how to read was
another slave.
Master Hugh.
the wife of Master Hugh.
a white boy from the street.
Why does Douglass say that learning to read was a curse rather than a blessing?
It showed his horrible situation, but not how to escape it.
No books were available to him so he had nothing to read.
He was upset that his slave owners would be angry with him.
The young boys who helped him learn could get in serious trouble.
The more Douglass read books such as "The Columbian Orator," the more he
enjoyed being able to read.
became hopeful for his future.
realized his value to his master.
came to hate his enslavers.
What is Douglass's most likely purpose for writing his autobiography?
to make readers agree that reading is important
to inform readers about the life of a slave
to express feelings about Master Hugh
to tell an interesting story from the past
Which is an example of a cause-and-effect relationship?
Douglass comes to consider reading both a blessing and a curse.
Douglass gave bread to young boys and they helped him learn to read.
Douglass considers his mistress to be kind and later she is cruel to him.
Douglass was twelve years old and did not want to be a slave for life.
If someone "denunciates" something they
subtract a certain amount from a larger total.
publicly condemn something as wrong or evil.
announce the name of someone out loud.
accept that it is correct and accurate.
The part of the Columbian Orator book that Frederick Douglass read that was very interesting to him was
the dialogue between a master and slave where the slave actually convinced his master to set him free.
the speech that Sheridan made about "Catholic Emancipation."
the story about how Harriet Tubman had taken slaves on the Underground Railroad to freedom.
the part where a slave was beaten badly by his master for trying to escape three times.
