What is the most likely reason the author includes paragraph 5 in the text?

To suggest that a book gave him hope that someday he could be free.

Cause: Douglass's mistress teaches him the alphabet. What is the effect?

Douglass becomes intent on learning to read.

Which of these conclusions about Douglass's unutterable anguish is supported by paragraph 6?

He realizes reading a book has shown him what is missing by being enslaved.

Cause: Douglass obtains a copy of "The Columbian Orator." What is the effect?

Douglass learns the arguments made for and against slavery.

In Paragraph 2, Douglass calls his mistress tigerlike to emphasize how:

threatening she became when she decided to deny him education

This narrative could best be identified as an autobiography because...

it is told in first person about actual events

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1
What is the most likely reason the author includes paragraph 5 in the text?
To suggest that a book gave him hope that someday he could be free.
To suggest taht he could talk with his master if he were well-read.
To show that reading a book and debating its idea would set him free.
To show that he was planning to run away soon from his master.
2
What word best describes how Douglass feels after Master Hugh puts a stop to his education?
Determined
Hopeful
Angry
Discouraged
3
Cause: Douglass's mistress teaches him the alphabet. What is the effect?
Douglass learns the arguments made for and against slavery.
Douglass learns how to read.
Douglass becomes intent on learning to read.
4
Cause: Douglass makes friends with the poor white children in the neighborhood. What is the effect?
Douglass learns how to read.
Douglass becomes intent on learning to read.
Douglass learns the arguments made for and against slavery.
5
Which of these conclusions about Douglass's unutterable anguish is supported by paragraph 6?
He realizes his master was correct about how reading was a big mistake.
He sees there is no such thing as the truth or human rights in the world.
He sees that his life would be been in turmoil even if he was born free.
He realizes reading a book has shown him what is missing by being enslaved.
6
Cause: Douglass obtains a copy of "The Columbian Orator." What is the effect?
Douglass becomes intent on learning to read.
Douglass learns the arguments made for and against slavery.
Douglass learns how to read.
7
In Paragraph 2, Douglass calls his mistress tigerlike to emphasize how:
confused she was about whether to hate or enjoy being a slaveowner
angry she was when she noticed her husband mistreating slaves
forceful she became when it came to caring for the hungry or needy
threatening she became when she decided to deny him education
8
This narrative could best be identified as an autobiography because...
it has historical figures in authentic settings
it is told in first person about actual events
it is told in third person with accurate facts
it has a narrator describing real people
9
The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers. What does abhor mean?
impair
fear
annoy
loathe

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