FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Frederick Douglass
I. Answer the
following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:
1. Where was Frederick Douglass born?
a) Maryland b) Greenland c) Ireland
Ans: a) Maryland
2. What authentic record had Frederick Douglass never
seen in his life?
a) Height b) Age c) Weight
Ans: b) Age
3. What were the slave children ignorant of?
a) Their Height b) Their Age c) Their Weight
Ans: b) Their Age
4. How did the slaves remember their birthdays?
a) Near to any season b) Seeing the calendar c) From Parents
Ans: a) near to any
season
5. According to Frederick Douglass, ________ children
could tell their ages accurately.
a. black b. white c. both a and
b
Ans: b. white
6. How old was Frederick Douglass in 1835?
a) 16 b) 15 c) 17
Ans: c) 17
7. Who was the overseer of Captain Anthony?
a) Mr. Plummer b) Mr. Mark c) Mr. Clarke
Ans: a) Mr. Plummer
8. What
prevented the slaves from knowing their birth days?
a) Uneducated b) Illiterate c) No record
Ans: c) No record
9. Who had hired the mother of Frederick Douglass on his
farm?
a) Mr. Stewart b) Mr. Robert c) Mr. Heart
Ans: a) Mr. Stewart
10. What was the source of unhappiness to Frederick
Douglass during his childhood?
a) Never knew his
name
b) Never knew his
school
c) Never knew his age
Ans: c) Never knew
his age
11. Who is the mother of Frederick Douglass?
a) Harriet Douglass b) Harriet Bailey c) Harriet Roy
Ans: b) Harriet
Bailey
12. What was whispered about the parentage of Frederick
Douglass?
a) Son on his master b) Son of slave c) Son of warden
Ans: a) Son o his
master
13. When was Frederick Douglass separated from his
mother?
a) Soon after birth b) 10 years c) 14 years
Ans: a) Soon after
birth
14. Why were the mother and the child separated?
a) To hinder child
and mother’s affection for each other
b) To hinder father’s
affection
c) To hinder family
affection
Ans: a) To hinder
child and mother’s affection for each other
15. How far did Frederick Douglass’s mother walk to meet
him?
a) 10 miles b) 12 miles c) 14 miles
Ans: b) 12 miles
16. How old was Frederick Douglass when his mother died?
a) 5 b) 6 c)7
Ans: c) 7
17. How did Frederick Douglass feel when his mother died?
a) As much pain at
her loss as he would for a stranger
b) Extreme pain
c) Broken so much
Ans: a) As much pain
at her loss as he would for a stranger
18. The child with a black mother and white father is
referred to as _________.
a) Half black and
half white b) black c) white
Ans: a) Half black
and half white
19. Who was a savage monster according to Frederick
Douglass?
a) Mr. Plummer b) Mr. Mark c) Mr. Clarke
Ans: a) Mr. Plummer
20. Where did Frederick Douglass run away from, to escape
slavery?
a) New Jersey b) New York c) New Zealand
Ans: b) New York
21. Whose daughter was Harriet Bailey?
a) Isaac and Betsey
Bailey b) Anthony and Ria Bailey
c) Easton and Bray
Bailey
Ans: a) Isaac and
Betsey Bailey
22. How many slaves did Captain Anthony possess?
