1. Douglass notes that Mistress Hugh was initially a kind woman who became terribly mean. What words does Douglass use to describe her when she was nice, then when she became mean.
What caused her to change?
2. One way that Douglass learns to read and write is by sharing bread with the poor white children
in his neighborhood. What is ironic about this? What is another way that Douglass teaches
himself to read and write?
3. Douglass reads Sheridan's "The Columbian Orator". What are the thoughts that this brings about
in young Douglass?
4. How do the Irish workers at the docks treat Douglass? What do they encourage him to do?
5. Select what you think is the most important passage in this text. Explain why you think it is so
important.

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.