Question 1 what sentence from the autobiography best describes explains douglas's purpose for including an explanation of the slave songs i did not when a slave understand the deep meaning of those rude and apparently incoherent songs i have often been utterly astonished since i came to the north to find persons who could speak of the singing among slaves as evidence of their continent those songs still follow me to deep in my hatred of slavery and quick in my sympathies for the my breathing in vons they would compose and seeing as they went along consulting neither time nor tune

question 2
what is it question you can ask yourself while reading to understand tone who or what is the text about what is most important point about the author wants me to understand why extra information is author giving me to me understand the main idea what is the effect of the author's word choice

question 3
which of the following is an effect of douglas's illusion to the biblical story of the sons of ham establishes douglas as a religious man acknowledges that slaves are believed to be the descendants of ham it exposes the hypocrisy of religion and christian supporters of flavoring acknowledges the fact that slaves are cursed

question 4
douglas describes his introduction to slavery the blood-stained kicked the entrance to hell of slavery based on this statement what is douglas attitude toward slavery slave owners were devil's the bible is often used to justify slavery only evil people become slavery was hellish experience filled with brutal violence

question 5
i have no accurate knowledge of my age never have seen never having seen any of thought of authentic record containing it

by far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves less in ignorant

my mother and i were separated when i was but an infant before i knew her as my mother it is a common custom in the part of maryland from which i ran away, to part children from their mothers that a very early age

the children unable to work in the field had neither shoes stockings jackets nor trousers given to them their clothing consisted of two course linen shirts per year