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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The porter tells the narrator that he has not had how many hours of sleep since he left Jersey City in Chapter 4?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

2. The narrator quotes an African American man as once having said, “"It's no disgrace to be black, but it's often very” what?
(a) Enlightening.
(b) Humbling.
(c) Aggravating.
(d) Inconvenient.

3. Approximately how much money does the landlord at the boarding house earn per week, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) $35-40.
(b) $80-100.
(c) $120-150.
(d) $50-75.

4. The narrator of the novel was born a few years after the close of what war?
(a) World War II.
(b) The War of 1812.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) World War I.

5. The man that the narrator befriends on the ship in Chapter 10 has what profession?
(a) Artist.
(b) Physician.
(c) Banker.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “In the life of every one there is a limited number of unhappy experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with” what?

2. The narrator claims in Chapter 1, “As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little” what?

3. What speaker is described in Chapter 11 as surpassing the others in eloquence and in his representation of earnestness and faith?

4. What food does the narrator describe as having the power of absorbing alcoholic liquors that have been taken into the stomach in Chapter 7?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “And this is the dwarfing, warping, distorting influence which operates upon each colored man in the United States. He is forced to take his outlook on all things, not from the viewpoint of a citizen, or a man, nor even a human being, but from the viewpoint of” what?

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