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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dr. Crookman study and gain his expertise?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Spain.

2. What term refers to the specific type of central character which leads the action in "Black No More"?
(a) Antihero.
(b) Hero.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Antagonist.

3. Who in the novel had been on a Carolina chain gang for two years?
(a) Henry Givens.
(b) Junius Crookman.
(c) Hank Johnson.
(d) Bunny Brown.

4. Black residents in New York are moving out of what neighborhood in Chapter 3?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Harlem.

5. What holiday is it in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) New Year's Eve.

6. Where does Bunny Brown work in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Darington's Bank.
(b) Douglass Bank.
(c) Dreamers Bank.
(d) Bermott Bank.

7. What is a sociopolitical movement that aims for a classless and stateless society structured upon common ownership of the means of production, free access to articles of consumption, and the end of wage labor and private property?
(a) Poletarianism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Authoritarianism.
(d) Capitolism.

8. Mrs. Blandish suggests in Chapter 2 that black people have no what?
(a) Knowledge of white culture.
(b) Stake in politics.
(c) Pride in their race.
(d) Shame in their language.

9. When was "Black No More" first published?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1937.

10. To what office is Dr. Beard's letter of demand sent in Chapter 5?
(a) The President's.
(b) The Governor's.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The U.S. Attorney General.

11. Matthew is confused as to why so many Southern newspapers seem unfriendly to Black-No-More, Incorporated until he realizes that the business is bad for what?
(a) White pride.
(b) Black pride.
(c) White businesses.
(d) Black culture.

12. In what area of New York does Max live in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Harlem.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Upper East Side.

13. What do the white men at the table by Max and Bunny ask for them to purchase in Chapter 1?
(a) Pot.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Cigarettes.

14. What word is widely used in the U.S. to refer to people of European origin or people who are white, even though the original classification was broader than this?
(a) Anglo-Saxon.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Caucasian.
(d) Mormon.

15. Where did Max and Bunny first meet?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Matthew been in Atlanta in Chapter 4?

2. Where does Max intend to board a train at the end of Chapter 2?

3. What street are Max and the reporter walking down when he is shocked at the fact that no one pays attention to him or thinks it odd that he is with a white woman in Chapter 2?

4. What refers to a person who believes in or advocates the superiority of a particular group, especially a racial group?

5. What refers to an association, alliance, or confederation of individuals or groups for a common purpose, especially a political one?

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