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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 is Mencken famous as?
2. What does Richard say the dogs do silently when they regain consciousness?
3. Who does the editorial attack?
4. Whose teachings do the Garveyites follow?
5. What is the name of the drug doctors use to sedate the dogs?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Richard want to read H.L Mencken?
2. Why don't Southern people like it when blacks move to Northern cities?
3. Why does Mrs. Moss end up disgusting Richard?
4. How do the white man and black man use Richard to help them move the liquor?
5. What problems does Wright find in New York City?
6. What does Richard decide at the end of the book?
7. How do Richard's co-workers react when he tells them he is moving North?
8. Who was Marcus Garvey?
9. How do the white employers at the optical factory arrange a boxing match between Richard and Harrison?
10. Why does Shorty amuse Richard?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the relationship between education and racist attitudes.
1) How has education played an important part in changing racial attitudes?
2) How did education in the past help to develop racial attitudes?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the values of early 20th century America
1) How did the whites view blacks in the early 20th century?
2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period that changed the way whites viewed blacks?
3) Does today's society share any values with early 20th century America?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss differences between the novel and autobiographical formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can Wright not express in an autobiography that he can in a novel? How does Wright use these limitations to his advantage?
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