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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims in Chapter 10, “I have no doubt that the Negro would make a good Chinaman, with exception of” what?
(a) “The ears.”
(b) “The mouth.”
(c) “The pigtail.”
(d) “The eyes.”

2. What term is used by some historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Britain beginning in the early 5th century?
(a) Caucasian.
(b) Latino.
(c) Arabian.
(d) Anglo-Saxon.

3. The narrator states in Chapter 5, “I am sure it would be safe to wager that no group of Southern white men could get together and talk for sixty minutes without bringing up” what?
(a) Their children.
(b) The race question.
(c) Women.
(d) The weather.

4. In describing New York, the narrator states, “To some natures this stimulant of life in a great city becomes a thing as binding and necessary as” being addicted to what substance?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Opium.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Whiskey.

5. The landlord of the boarding house in Chapter 5 makes approximately how many cigars per day?
(a) 220.
(b) 100.
(c) 140.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what mode of transportation do the narrator and the millionaire arrive in Paris in Chapter 9?

2. What animal does the narrator look for on the iceberg in Chapter 9?

3. The narrator of the novel was born a few years after the close of what war?

4. The narrator quotes an African American man as once having said, “"It's no disgrace to be black, but it's often very” what?

5. At what hotel do the narrator and the millionaire stay in Paris in Chapter 9?

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