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Frederick Douglass Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about America's greatest abolitionist and civil rights leader of the 19th century?

A multiple-choice quiz by BigMoSTL. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
BigMoSTL

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
312,956

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1059

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. How many autobiographies did Douglass write? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many times did Douglass and Abraham Lincoln meet? Hint

seven times

once

three times

they never met

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of Frederick Douglass' first newspaper? The ____
____.

Answer: (It's a main feature of the Little Dipper)

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was Frederick's last name before he changed it to Douglass? Hint

Barley

Barton

Bailey

Briton

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Question 5 of 10

5. What were the two books Douglass used to learn how to read and speak? Hint

McGuffy's Eclectic Reader and the Bible

McGuffy's Eclectic Reader and the Columbian Orator

The Bible and the Columbian Orator

The Bible and the Q'uran

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Question 6 of 10

6. What now-famous women's rights conference did Douglass attend in 1848? Hint

Niagara Falls

Seneca Falls

Twin Falls

Adirondack Falls

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Question 7 of 10

7. Whom did Douglass support for president in 1860? Hint

Gerrit Smith

John Bell

Abraham Lincoln

Stephen A. Douglas

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Question 8 of 10

8. In what famous regiment did Douglass' son Lewis Henry Douglass serve? Give the unit number and state: The ___
____ Colored Infantry

Answer: (it's immortalized in the movie "Glory")

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the name of Douglass' final home, which he purchased himself? Hint

Oak Hill

Maple Hill

Poplar Hill

Cedar Hill

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who encouraged the elderly Douglass to begin crusading once more and over what issue? Hint

W.E.B. DuBois and segregation

Ida B. Wells and lynching of blacks in the South

Booker T. Washington and voting rights

A young Martin Luther King, Jr., and civil rights

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many autobiographies did Douglass write?

Answer: 3

He wrote three: "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass", "My Bondage and My Freedom", and the "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass".

2. How many times did Douglass and Abraham Lincoln meet?

Answer: three times

They met three times: In August 1863, the second time the following August and the third and final time on the day of Lincoln's second inauguration. On the last occasion, Lincoln called Douglass "My good friend."

3. What was the name of Frederick Douglass' first newspaper? The ____ ____.

Answer: North Star

Douglass' first newspaper was called "The North Star". He published it from 1848 to 1863, changing its name to "Frederick Douglass' Paper" and then to "Frederick Douglass' Monthly".

4. What was Frederick's last name before he changed it to Douglass?

Answer: Bailey

It was Bailey. Douglass changed his name after he ran away to the North, partly because he feared capture from slave hunters.

5. What were the two books Douglass used to learn how to read and speak?

Answer: The Bible and the Columbian Orator

The two primary books Douglass used were the Bible and the Columbian Orator, a popular collection of dramatic and political speeches.

6. What now-famous women's rights conference did Douglass attend in 1848?

Answer: Seneca Falls

Douglass attended the famous Seneca Falls, New York, convention in 1848. One of his life-long friends and supporters, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, planned the convention.

7. Whom did Douglass support for president in 1860?

Answer: Gerrit Smith

Douglass supported the radical abolitionist Gerrit Smith, because he didn't believe in 1860 that Lincoln would truly do something to end slavery. In 1864, however, he did support Lincoln.

8. In what famous regiment did Douglass' son Lewis Henry Douglass serve? Give the unit number and state: The ___ ____ Colored Infantry

Answer: 54th Mass

The 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry. Lewis Douglass held the rank of sergeant major. He survived the war and went into business.

9. What was the name of Douglass' final home, which he purchased himself?

Answer: Cedar Hill

Douglass purchased his final home, which he named Cedar Hill, in 1878. Cedar Hill was in the Uniontown neighborhood of Anacostia, Washington, D.C.

10. Who encouraged the elderly Douglass to begin crusading once more and over what issue?

Answer: Ida B. Wells and lynching of blacks in the South

Ida B. Wells urged Douglass to start fighting once more, and the issue was the lynching of blacks in the South. DuBois and Washington came to prominence after Douglass' death. Douglass died more than three decades before King was born.

Source: Author BigMoSTL

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