Answer:
1. C 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. D
Explanation:
Question 1
Which of the following describes both Covey and Freeland?
C) Both men are Douglass's superiors for a time.
<em>Auld considers Douglass unmanageable, so he rents him for one year to Edward Covey, a man known for "breaking" slaves. </em>
<em>His year with Covey over, Douglass is next rented to William Freeland for two years.</em>
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Question 2
When Captain Anthony dies, Douglass returns to the plantation where he spent his childhood because
C) Douglass is still considered to be one of Captain Anthony's possessions.
<em>After the death of Captain Anthony , Douglass is taken back to serve Thomas Auld, Captain Anthony's son‑in‑law</em>
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Question 3
Which event is the climax of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
C) Douglass escapes to freedom in the North and changes his name.
<em>The Narrative describes Douglass's experience under slavery from his early childhood until his escape North at the age of twenty. Within that time, Douglass progresses from unenlightened victim of the dehumanizing practices of slavery to educated and empowered young man. He gains the resources and convictions to escape to the North and wage a political fight against the institution of slavery.</em>
Question 4
Which is one characteristic of an autobiography?
B) The events are usually written from a distance in time.
<em>“I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom. I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery; he must be made to feel that slavery is right; and he can be brought to that only when he ceased to be a man.”</em>
<em>― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass </em>
Question 5
Read the passage from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
'I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland.'
Which element of an autobiography is demonstrated in this passage?
D) The recording of events in chronological order
He writes about his childhood in the first 4 chapters, then from chapter 5 to 7 he tells his life in Baltimore, in chapter 8 and 9 he writes about his life after Capitain Anthony dies, and in chapters 10 and 11 he writes about his owners Covey and Freeland and how he scaped.
