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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 do the mill workers do once they hear the rumors about the chairman of the strike in Chapter 7?

2. Who ends up gaining the Democratic candidacy for Vice-President in Chapter 10?

3. What is the name of the U.S. President in the novel?

4. Who sends a newspaper upstairs to Helen's room in Chapter 12?

5. What do Snobbcraft and Dr. Buggerie go to the Anglo-Saxon Association's headquarters to do in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Buggerie promise to produce to Arthur Snobbcraft in Chapter 9?

2. What does Dr. Buggerie inform Snobbcraft about the data in Chapter 11?

3. What word does Matthew receive of a strike in Chapter 7? Where does he go?

4. Why are Democrats worried about losing votes in Chapter 8?

5. Why does Rufus Kretin meet with Matthew in Chapter 8?

6. What does Givens do upon arrival in Chapter 12? What does Helen ask Matthew?

7. How long has Black-No-More Inc. been in operation in Chapter 8? What impact has this had on society?

8. What obstacle and danger does Matthew face at the end of Chapter 10?

9. How do the antihero and his conspirators escape in Chapter 12?

10. How does Matthew discredit the chairman of the strike in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe Matthew's experiences in Atlanta as a white man in the 1930s. How does this setting differ from Harlem? What dissatisfies Matthew about white society? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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

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