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WorksheetsWTW 17
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Mrs. Auld taught Douglass basic ______ skills Mr. Auld thought this was _____ idea.
A .cooking
B. working
C reading skills
D. a good
E. a terrible
Mr. Auld predicts that Douglass would become "discontented and unhappy" if he learned how to read. In which sentence best describe the outcome of Mr. Auld's prediction
The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers
The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth over the conscience of even a slaveholder.
Behold! that very discontentment which Master Hugh had predicted would follow my learning to read had already come
but while they relieved me of one difficulty, they brought on another even more painful than the one of which I was relieved
Which of the following things did Douglass do in order to learn how to read?
He received more lessons from Mrs. Auld.
He took his book with him on errands and studied.
He went to school.
He exchanged bread for reading lessons.
According to the passage what caused Douglass to hate the slaveholders even more?
The Aulds beat him severely.
He reads an essay that discussed love and hate.
He saw the terrible living conditions of the enslaved people in Baltimore.
He realized that enslaved people has been stolen away from their lives as free people in Africa
Why did Douglass have to leave Baltimore?
His owner died.
He needed a vacation.
Mr. Auld was frustrated with him.
He wanted to visit his grandmother at Captain Anthony's estate.
What caused Douglass to say, "I saw more clearly than ever the brutalizing effects of slavery upon both slave and slaveholder" (
Witnessing Captain Anthony's last miserable days.
Seeing people and animals being weighed on scales.
Seeing enslaved people inspected like property alongside farm animals.
Witnessing brutal fights between enslaved people and slaveholders.
Both animals and enslaved people were being A.______ for possible B.________.
Freed
liberation
priced
sale
slaughter
What did Douglass hope would change Captain Auld?
Seeing the effects of slavery on real people.
Listening to the lectures of the Abolitionists.
Turning to religion.
Returning to poverty.
The enslaved people disliked all of the preachers who would visit Captain Auld.
True
False
How does Douglass feel about religion?
He believes religion only is used to enslaved people.
He argues religion in America is hypocritical.
He thinks religion can mostly be used to free enslaved people.
