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