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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. There were early rumors about whose deceptive business practices in the novel?
2. What title does Matthew hold in the Knights of Nordica in Chapter 6?
3. What reporter is waiting in the cab after Max leaves the sanitarium in Chapter 2?
4. 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?
5. How much money does the reporter in the cab offer Max for his story in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Max in Chapter 4? How has his identity changed?
2. What examples of uniting take place in Chapter 6?
3. Why is anger developing in the South over Black-No-More Inc. in Chapter 3?
4. Why does Max sell his story to the press after his procedure?
5. How is a dichotomy illustrated in Matthew in Chapter 6?
6. What do Matthew's actions determine his character to be in the plot of "Black No More" in Chapter 4?
7. What concern faces Matthew about starting a family in Chapter 6?
8. What does Max remark about his skin after the procedure in Chapter 2? How is this satirical?
9. What are Max's first experiences like as a white man in Chapter 2?
10. How is Max's excitement over being white and indistinguishable an example of irony?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the politics of the 1930s and their depiction in the novel. How are the politicians shown to be corrupt in the narrative?
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 history of labor unions in the United States. When, where and why did labor unions first organize? What is the difference between unionizing in the North and the South?
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