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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does the narrator say “stands for the conservatism, the solidarity, the utilitarianism” in Chapter 9?
(a) London.
(b) Venice.
(c) Paris.
(d) Amsterdam.

2. At what institution does the narrator spend a day in Nashville in Chapter 10?
(a) Nashville State University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) The University of Tennessee.
(d) Fisk University.

3. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
(a) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Louisa May Alcott.

4. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
(a) Large rocks.
(b) A white picket fence.
(c) Glass bottles.
(d) Cherry trees.

5. 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) The race question.
(b) Their children.
(c) Women.
(d) The weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the narrator say he was when he “appeared on a program with a number of adults at an entertainment given for some charitable purpose, and carried off the honors” in Chapter 2?

2. The landlord of the boarding house in Chapter 5 makes approximately how many cigars per day?

3. Whose schoolwork did the narrator largely complete for him, as described in Chapter 2?

4. What is in the basement of the “Club” that the narrator goes to with his companions in Chapter 6?

5. Why is the narrator returning to New York in the beginning of Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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