Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery? Is that a question for Republicans? Is it to be settled by the rules of logic and argumentation, as a matter beset with great difficulty, involving a doubtful application of the principle of justice, hard to be understood?What do the rhetorical questions in the excerpt suggest?
Answer
A
Douglass does not want to discuss slavery further.
B
Slavery is a highly divisive and complicated issue.
C
Douglass is uncertain about slavery’s wrongfulness.
D
The wrongfulness of slavery should be obvious.
Explanation
Douglass asks whether the wrongfulness of slavery needs to be argued or treated as a difficult question. The questions are rhetorical: he expects the answer to be no, because slavery’s injustice should be self-evident. This supports the choice that the wrongfulness of slavery should be obvious, rather than suggesting he is uncertain about it.
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