WorksheetsPractice Exercise - Grade 9
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
A person who is legal property of another and is forced to provide unpaid labor
Servant
Slave
Employee
Who is the author who deliver the speech
"What to the slaves is the fourth of July?
Jose Rizal
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in or around 1818 in?
Talbot country, Maryland
Somewhere in Maryland
North America
His full name at birth was
“Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey.”
Justin Bieber
August Bailey
Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglass taught himself how to read and write by watching TV
TRUE
FALSE
How does he escape slavery?
He escape slavery in a disguise dressed as an government official
He escape slavery in a disguise dressed as a policeman
He escape slavery in a disguise dressed as a sailor
SUMMARY text:
The crowd to whom Frederick Douglass was speaking would most likely describe his tone as:
A. endearing and motivational
B. passionately accusatory
C. justifiably angry
SUMMARY text:
Which statement best summarizes the main idea of Frederick Douglass's speech?
A. Throughout the world, America shows the most revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy for its usage of slavery.
B. The 4th of July is a day that reveals to the American slave the injustice and cruelty of his or her lack of freedom.
C. The 4th of July should not be celebrated by some Americans if it cannot be celebrated by everyone.
SUMMARY text:
What does Douglass state he does NOT need to prove to the audience?
A. That slaves can do the same amount of work as free men.
B. That comparing slaves to animals is wrong.
C. That slaves are men.
SUMMARY text:
Based on the passage, all of the following were reasons Douglass said he would not argue against slavery EXCEPT:
A. he has too much pride to offer such things
B. he has better employment for his time and strength
C. it would make him appear ridiculous
Frederick Douglass was a known abolitionist. What is an abolitionist?
a person who wanted to help endangered animals.
a person who fought for women's rights.
a person who wanted to end slavery
What is slavery?
A happy system where one person willingly lets another person own them.
A cruel system in which someone legally owns or controls another person.
Which of these inferences is best supported by this speech?
America has no right to criticize other nations for their violence against humanity.
All the prayerful demonstrations in America cannot cover up the hypocrisy of allowing slavery, a crime against humanity.
The Fourth of July should become a national day of mourning.
What is most closely a central idea of this speech?
Douglass believes the Fourth of July offers nothing to slaves, and wants America to wake up to her conscience
Douglass wants America to make retribution to the sons and daughters of the slaves.
Which piece of evidence BEST SUPPORTS the central idea of the speech?
“For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.”
“The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hyprocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.”
For Americans, July 4 is their celebration of what ?
Mourning
Independence
When and where did Frederick Douglass deliver this famous speech?c
1818 in Baltimore, Maryland
1852 in Rochester, New York
1850 in Rochester, New York
How is Douglass mostly appealing to his audience in this section?
"...living, moving, acting, thinking, planning, living in families as husbands, wives, and children, and above all, confessing and worshipping the Christian God, and looking hopefully for life and immortality beyond the grave -- we are called upon to prove that we are men?"
Persuading them through their emotions
Persuading them through his credibility
At what age did Douglass escape from slavery?
20
21
22
When did Douglass deliver the speech?
July 4
July 5
July 3
