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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. What do Seraphine and Dandy do in Chapter 18?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Alamaya do after speaking to Tasan and Castle?

3. Where does Augustus Nordling work?

4. In Chapter 11, what term does Flagg prefer be used to refer to himself and other people of African descent?

5. In Chapter 17, where does Tasan invite Seraphine to have dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what do Seraphine and Bunchetta say about Harlem and why they want to live elsewhere?

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

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

4. What is the Interlink?

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

6. In Chapter 10, what type of demonstration is there in front of Trawl's church?

7. How is the Princess Benebe Zarihana described?

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

9. In Chapter 13, what is the Merry-Go-Round?

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

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

Tasan directly or indirectly causes many of the conflicts in the novel. How does Tasan incite conflict? Is he usually directly or indirectly involved in causing conflicts? How do the conflicts eventually kill him?

Essay Topic 3

Tasan is forced to jump to his death. Why is he forced to jump to his death? Is justice served by his death?

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