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What happens to Douglass during his time living with Master Hugh's family?
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He teaches himself to read and write
Mistress Sophia prevents him from learning to read and write
A tutor teaches him to read and write in secret
He loses interest in learning to read and write
What does Sophia Auld do to ensure Douglass does not continue learning?
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She encourages him to focus on manual labor
She confiscates newspapers and prevents him from reading
She sends him away to another household
She provides him with false information to hinder his education
How does Douglass continue his education despite Sophia's efforts to stop him?
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He secretly teaches himself at night
He runs away to find a teacher
He barters with white children for reading lessons
He joins a group of enslaved people learning to read and write
Which book features an enslaved person making a compelling case for emancipation, influencing Douglass?
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Columbian Orator
Rights of Man
What does Douglass's evolving understanding of his situation demonstrate about slavery?
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Slavery results from a lack of education among enslavers
Slavery depends on mutual understanding between enslaved people and enslavers
Slavery is a natural outcome of human behavior
Slavery relies on keeping enslaved people unenlightened
How does Douglass learn about the abolition movement?
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Through conversations with other slaves
By overhearing discussions and reading a newspaper
By attending secret meetings of abolitionists
Through meeting an abolitionist leader who visits the Aulds
What do the Irish dockworkers advise Douglass to do?
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Run away to the north for freedom
Learn a trade to improve his life as a slave
Join the abolition movement
Pretend to be content with his life as a slave
How does Douglass initially learn to write?
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By watching white children in the neighborhood do their homework
By eavesdropping on lessons outside the schoolhouse
By copying books he finds in the Auld household
By watching carpenters in the shipyards label pieces of wood
