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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where does Max take a taxi in the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Wall Street Station.
(b) Pennsylvania Station.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Central Station.

2. What kind of art does Dr. Crookman collect?
(a) Modernist.
(b) African.
(c) Cubist.
(d) Renaissance.

3. When was the second Ku Klux Klan established?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1912.

4. How much money does the reporter in the cab offer Max for his story in Chapter 2?
(a) $700.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $2,500.
(d) $500.

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

6. In the beginning of Chapter 6, the Knights of Nordica are celebrating the gaining of how many members?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 1 million.

7. Who is a Harlem real estate realtor who funded Dr. Crookman's studies in Germany?
(a) Chuck Foster.
(b) Bunny Brown.
(c) Sybil Smith.
(d) Hank Johnson.

8. What does the Greek word 'kuklos" mean?
(a) Edge.
(b) Circle.
(c) Line.
(d) Square.

9. 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) Mormon.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Anglo-Saxon.
(d) Caucasian.

10. What white supremacist group is run by Reverend Henry Givens?
(a) Knights of Nordica.
(b) Clergy of Romania.
(c) Saints of Scotland.
(d) Royals of England.

11. What is the name of the girlfriend who recently left Max in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Minnie.
(b) Betty.
(c) Annette.
(d) Bonnie.

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

13. For what paper does the reporter work who waits for Max in his cab outside the sanitarium in Chapter 2?
(a) The Times.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Scimitar.
(d) The Herald.

14. Who is the National Chairman of the Republican Party in the novel?
(a) Harold Goosie.
(b) Gorman Gay.
(c) Walter Brybe.
(d) Samuel Buggerie.

15. What is a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule?
(a) Biography.
(b) Romantic comedy.
(c) Satire.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a militant organization designed to protect and promote the rights of black Americans in the novel?

2. What name did Matthew Fisher go by when he was black?

3. What do the white men at the table by Max and Bunny ask for them to purchase in Chapter 1?

4. What was passed by the Congress of the United States shortly after the American Civil War helping to protect the voting rights of African-Americans?

5. To whom does Dr. Beard have a letter prepared in Chapter 5?

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