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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
  • 1. Where was Frederick Douglass born?
A) Maryland
B) Virginia
C) New York
D) Georgia
  • 2. What is the significance of Douglass learning to read and write?
A) It empowered him and helped him advocate for abolition
B) It pleased his masters
C) It was a requirement for freedom
D) It allowed him to find a job
  • 3. Who was Douglass's first owner?
A) Mr. Freeland
B) Mr. Lloyd
C) Mr. Covey
D) Captain Anthony
  • 4. In which year was Douglass's narrative first published?
A) 1831
B) 1845
C) 1850
D) 1863
  • 5. What was Douglass's stance on women's rights?
A) He supported women's suffrage and equality
B) He was indifferent towards women's issues
C) He opposed women's rights
D) He believed women should focus on domestic roles
  • 6. What does Douglass say about the relationship between slaveholders and the slaves?
A) It is marked by cruelty and power imbalance
B) It is profitable for both parties
C) It is irrelevant to the nature of slavery
D) It is based on mutual respect
  • 7. What writing style is prominent in Douglass’s narrative?
A) First-person account with vivid imagery
B) Scientific analysis
C) Third-person detached narrative
D) Historical fiction
  • 8. How does Douglass describe his experience with slave education?
A) It had little impact on his life
B) It was discouraged by most slaveholders
C) It led to resistance and violence
D) It was a pathway to freedom and self-empowerment
  • 9. What event does Douglass refer to as a turning point in his life?
A) His fight with Mr. Covey
B) His education in Baltimore
C) His escape to the North
D) His speech at the abolition meeting
  • 10. Where was Frederick Douglass living when he wrote his memoir?
A) Baltimore, Maryland
B) New Bedford, Massachusetts
C) Lynn, Massachusetts
D) Washington, D.C.
  • 11. How many autobiographies did Frederick Douglass write?
A) One
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
  • 12. Who wrote the preface for 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass'?
A) Thomas Auld
B) Hugh Auld
C) Wendell Phillips
D) William Lloyd Garrison
  • 13. What did Frederick Douglass believe was the reason he remained a slave?
A) Lack of opportunity
B) Lack of support
C) Ignorance
D) Fear
  • 14. Who did Douglass work for as an apprentice in a shipyard?
A) Edward Covey
B) Thomas Auld
C) William Gardner
D) Hugh Auld
  • 15. What did Douglass criticize in the appendix of his narrative?
A) The legal system
B) Northern Methodists
C) The abolitionist movement
D) The hypocrisy of southern Christianity
  • 16. What is the title of the hymn parody included in Douglass's appendix?
A) The Freedom Song
B) A Parody
C) The Abolitionist's Prayer
D) The Slave's Hymn
  • 17. How many copies of Douglass's Narrative were sold within four months of publication?
A) Three thousand copies
B) Five thousand copies
C) Twenty thousand copies
D) Ten thousand copies
  • 18. By 1860, how many copies of Douglass's Narrative were sold?
A) Fifteen thousand copies
B) Ten thousand copies
C) Almost 30,000 copies
D) Fifty thousand copies
  • 19. How much did supporters in England pay to purchase Douglass's emancipation?
A) $850.00
B) $500.00
C) $710.96
D) $1000.00
  • 20. What did Douglass gain from those who previously did not believe his story?
A) A new job
B) A house
C) Financial support
D) Significant credibility
  • 21. Who published the Dublin edition of Douglass's Narrative?
A) A white abolitionist
B) Frederick Douglass
C) An Irish publisher
D) Richard D. Webb
  • 22. What did Douglass start against the advice of his fellow abolitionists?
A) A book club
B) A theater group
C) A school
D) A Black newspaper, the North Star
  • 23. Who wrote a letter questioning the veracity of Douglass's account?
A) Thomas Auld
B) Margaret Fuller
C) Angela Y. Davis
D) A. C. C. Thompson
  • 24. Who admired Douglass's book and described it as 'simple, true, coherent, and warm with genuine feeling'?
A) Fred Moten
B) Margaret Fuller
C) Saidiya Hartman
D) A. C. C. Thompson
  • 25. In what year were Angela Y. Davis's lectures on Douglass's Narrative published as a pamphlet?
A) 1969
B) 1987
C) 1970–1971
D) 2010
  • 26. Which author used Douglass's narrative to articulate the syntax of subjectivity in relation to chattel slavery?
A) Hortense Spillers
B) Margaret Fuller
C) Fred Moten
D) Saidiya Hartman
  • 27. By what year had almost 30,000 copies of Douglass's Narrative been sold?
A) 1860
B) 1870
C) 1855
D) 1880
  • 28. How long was Frederick Douglass in England and Ireland?
A) Three years
B) One year
C) Two years
D) Six months
  • 29. How did Frederick Douglass describe his experience in Ireland in later editions of the Narrative?
A) Indifferently
B) Very positively
C) As a failure
D) Negatively
  • 30. Which author analyzed Douglass's Narrative in lectures at UCLA?
A) Angela Y. Davis
B) Fred Moten
C) Hortense Spillers
D) Saidiya Hartman
  • 31. What was a public reaction before the publication of Douglass's Narrative?
A) Indifference to his stories
B) Immediate acceptance and admiration
C) Skepticism about how a formerly enslaved person could appear so educated
D) Belief in its complete accuracy
  • 32. What did Angela Y. Davis publish based on her lectures?
A) A 24-page pamphlet titled Lectures on Liberation
B) An article on gender roles in slavery
C) A critique of Douglass's narrative
D) A book on the economic impact of slavery
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