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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. Where does Max go with the reporter after dinner in Chapter 2?

2. To where does Max take a taxi in the end of Chapter 2?

3. When was the first Ku Klux Klan established?

4. What doorkeeper doesn't recognize Max and tells him to go away in Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Max ask Dr. Crookman in Chapter 1? How does the chapter end?

2. What is happening to the neighborhood of Harlem in Chapter 3?

3. Why does Max sell his story to the press after his procedure?

4. What does Dr. Crookman believe his company is doing for society? Why is this absurd?

5. Why do the leaders of the National Social Equality League call a conference in Chapter 5?

6. How is the black community changing in Chapter 5?

7. What conversation does Max have with Bunny in the end of Chapter 2? What is indicated by it?

8. Where and when does Chapter 1 of "Black No More" begin? What two characters meet in the opening?

9. What threat does Bunny pose to Matthew in Chapter 6?

10. How is a dichotomy illustrated in Matthew in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Santop Licorice, the Back-to-Africa Society and the Committee for the Preservation of Negro Racial Integrity. How does each relate to the Knights of Nordica?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the political election in the novel to political elections today. How much does Schuyler's satire hold up the mirror to today's society and world of politics?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the portrayal of black society in Black No More. Do you think that the characters are justified in abandoning their ancestry for a better life? Why or why not?

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