WorksheetsREADING CHECK || The Abolitionists: "Martin Robison Delany"
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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1.
TRUE or FALSE? || "Martin Robison Delany was born into slavery on May 6, 1812 in Charles Town, Virginia."
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
2.
Why did Delany's family move to Pennsylvania from Virginia when he was a child?
a)
His mother was determined to educate their children but she was reported to the sheriff for teaching them to read and write.
b)
His dad was a slave and was sold to a plantation owner in Pennsylvania. Even though his wife and kids were free, the moved with their father Samuel.
c)
His dad Samuel bought his freedom and moved his family because of the job opportunities available in factories in the north.
d)
Since his dad was a slave, his mother moved the family to be closer to grandparents in Pennsylvania.
3.
What was the name of Federick Douglass's newspaper?
a)
The Mystery
b)
The Abolitionist
c)
The North Star
d)
The Underground Railroad
4.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect Delany?
a)
It caused him to retire from his career as an Army officer.
b)
It caused him to return to his writing and to his medical practice.
c)
It gave him hope that freed slaves would help establish a new country.
d)
It gave him hope that African-Americans would not have to emigrate.
5.
Which of the following statements about Martin Robison Delany is true?
a)
He became the first African-American to graduate from Harvard Medical College.
b)
He became the highest-ranking African-American officer in the US Army.
c)
He became the first African-American lieutenant governor of South Carolina.
d)
He established a new nation for former African-American slaves in Nigeria.
6.
Why did Delany repeatedly suggest that African-Americans should start their own nation?
a)
He feared that African-Americans would never be truly considered equals in the United States.
b)
He was angry with the way African-American troops had been treated in the United States.
c)
He was frustrated by the nation's responses to the books he frequently published.
d)
He felt that his beliefs would never align with other abolitionists like Frederick Douglass.
7.
Even though African-Americans gained the right to vote, it was quickly suppressed in Southern states. How did Delany respond?
a)
He started writing newspaper articles that encouraged African-Americans to exercise their right to vote. He felt that if blacks showed up to vote, they could gain control of Congress and state Legislatures.
b)
He started to get involved in politics, hoping to help politicians get elected who supported civil rights for African-Americans.
c)
He decided to run for lieutenant governor of South Carolina.
d)
He resumed his interest in African-American emigration to Liberia.
8.
What idea is BEST supported by the paragraph above?
a)
Delany's books became very successful and earned him vast fortunes.
b)
Delany felt that African-Americans should be knowledgeable and proud of their heritage.
c)
Delany's books encouraged many African-Americans to emigrate to Egypt.
d)
Delany considered writing to be more important than medicine or the Army.
9.
Which of these careers did Martin Robison Delany NOT pursue during his lifetime?
a)
store clerk
b)
writer
c)
doctor
d)
journalist
e)
military leader
10.
Why did the author choose to conclude the article with a quote by Frederick Douglass?
a)
to contrast Delany's passion for advocating for African-Americans with his feelings about his other work.
b)
to elaborate on the relationship between Douglass and Delany after the end of their partnership.
c)
to emphasize Delany's legacy and personality as well as the respect that other abolitionists felt for him.
d)
to counter Delany's intense personality with the more light-hearted words of his contemporary.
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