Select four questions from the nine listed below and write complete answers to the questions using your best English composition skills (2-page maximum total, single spaced). Indicate the number of the question you are answering; you do not have to reproduce the questions.
1. Describe the relationship of Frederick Douglass and his mother as described in Chapter 1.
2. Describe the beating of Douglass's Aunt Hester in Chapter 1, specifically the circumstances that led up to the beating, the act itself, and the effect of the beating on Frederick Douglass.
3. In Chapter 2, Douglass describes the plantation system that he was a part of.
Describe the physical layout of the plantation, the life of the slaves who worked and lived there, and the system of government used to administer the plantation.
4. Discuss some of the uses of tar in the South as it pertains to slavery, mentioning the uses for tar as discussed in Chapter 3 of Douglass's Narrative. What other readings in the course make reference to tar?
5. Compare the treatment of Mr. Lloyd's horses and equipage to his treatment of the slaves who worked in the stables as discussed in Chapter 3.
6. What does the slave expression "A still tongue makes a wise head" mean according to Douglass's account of lying among slaves? Relate this expression to any other readings in the course that echo that sentiment?
7. In Chapter 4 of Douglass's Narrative, he describes several brutal murders of slaves by whites. Describe the "punishments" and the causes for white brutality as well as the consequences of these punitive measures on the slave community.
8. Describe the life of a slave child on a plantation, basing your comments on Douglass's commentary in Chapter 5.
9. How does Frederick Douglass as a youth learn the value of education and its importance to his later life?