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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 refers to any White person whose native language is English and whose cultural affiliations are those common to Britain and the U.S.?

2. Who in the novel had been on a Carolina chain gang for two years?

3. Who is Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard a portrayal of from history?

4. Who is the founder of the Back-to-Africa Society?

5. What reporter is waiting in the cab after Max leaves the sanitarium in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Max's excitement over being white and indistinguishable an example of irony?

2. What concern faces Matthew about starting a family in Chapter 6?

3. Where is Max in Chapter 4? How has his identity changed?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Max remark about his skin after the procedure in Chapter 2? How is this satirical?

9. What hypocrisy is pointed out about Dr. Crookman in Chapter 3?

10. What discovery does Matthew make about the opposition of Black-No-More in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the characters of Mr. Blickdoff and Mr. Hortzenboff and the setting of Paradise, South Carolina. Why are the workers threatening a strike at the mill?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of Bunny Brown. How old is Bunny? What are Bunny's feelings about his race and his friendship with Max?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of duality in the narrative as exemplified by Matthew. What is it about Matthew's actions that are dishonorable? Why?

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