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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character in the book is killed at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) The Jew.
(b) The Texan.
(c) The Widow.
(d) The Millionaire.

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

3. Who wrote the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come?
(a) John Bunyan.
(b) Mason Williams.
(c) Elliot Larkin.
(d) Jacob Smith.

4. By what mode of transportation do the narrator and the millionaire arrive in Paris in Chapter 9?
(a) Automobile.
(b) Train.
(c) Boat.
(d) Plane.

5. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “boiled to the consistency where it could be eaten with a fork” in Chapter 4?
(a) Chitlins.
(b) Hominy.
(c) Crawfish.
(d) Collard greens.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes the poker players as practicing what sort of politeness for each other in Chapter 6?

2. The narrator of the novel was born in a small town in what state?

3. For how long does the narrator stay in Washington, D.C. in Chapter 10?

4. 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?

5. What was the name of the author’s brother who was a composer?

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