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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what is the title of an article that Flagg shows Alamaya from the Labor Herald?

2. How many rooms does Tasan have in his apartment?

3. What is Princess Zarihara's talent in Chapter 16?

4. In Chapter 14, how many of the Good Old Pals are still operating an elevator?

5. In Chapter 13, who calls Peixota and asks him to change the demonstration against the Italians to a fascist demonstration?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things does Dandy do when he and Seraphine get married?

2. What is eaten and drank at Tasan's place when he invites Seraphine to dinner in Chapter 17?

3. In Chapter 16, how does Jean Danou believe that democracy can be cured?

4. In Chapter 13, what had Alamaya and other Ethiopians thought about the Aframericans before Alamaya came to America?

5. Why can Alamaya not prove he is who he says that he is?

6. In Chapter 13, what were the goals of the Hands to Ethiopia group?

7. What is the Good Old Pals?

8. In Chapter 12, how does Castle define the term "nigger-rich"?

9. What does Dorsey Flagg think about the rumors being printed about Alamaya in Chapter 11?

10. In Chapter 17, what does Tasan say about Pushkin and his descendants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The committee of Hands to Ethiopia has observed the communist propaganda tactics in the Aframerican community and see communism as a type of dictatorship. How do they view dictatorship and democracy? How do they believe that dictatorship or democracy positively or negatively impact the lives of black people?

Essay Topic 2

The Italian/Ethiopian conflict is an impetus for many events in the novel. How is the conflict between Italy and Ethiopia an impetus for events in the novel? What parallels are there between the conflict between countries and the conflict between communists and Aframericans?

Essay Topic 3

The Labor Herald frequently publishes propaganda. How is propaganda use by the communists to further their cause? How does the use of propaganda affect the people who are targeted by the propaganda?

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