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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 8.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

2. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that his section of New York is limited to how many blocks?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 42.
(d) 4.

3. The Union soldier says in Chapter 10, “After all, racial supremacy is merely a matter of” what?
(a) “Political power.”
(b) “Dates in history.”
(c) “Current events.”
(d) “Morality.”

4. The narrator describes the poker players as practicing what sort of politeness for each other in Chapter 6?
(a) Orwellian.
(b) Aristotelian.
(c) Platonic.
(d) Chesterfieldian.

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) The weather.
(c) Their children.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was James Weldon Johnson born?

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

3. Where does the narrator go after leaving Nashville in Chapter 10?

4. The woman that the narrator falls in love with in Chapter 11 loves to hear him play what music?

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

(see the answer key)

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