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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims that he did not feel at ease until the ship was where in Chapter 9?
(a) Reykjavik.
(b) Boston.
(c) Out of the New York Harbor.
(d) Barcelona.

2. What dice game is being played in the back room at the refurbished bar and gambling house that the narrator attends in Chapter 6?
(a) Shoot the Moon.
(b) Yahtzee.
(c) Backgammon.
(d) Craps.

3. Whose diplomacy does the narrator say is to be admired when the discussion of race comes up in the smoking train car in Chapter 10?
(a) The Union soldier’s.
(b) The Texan's.
(c) The Jew's.
(d) Red Head's.

4. Where does the narrator describe spending many evenings and where “music there made [him] strangely reminiscent of my life in Connecticut” in Chapter 9?
(a) The Hotel Continental.
(b) The Grand Boulevards.
(c) The Champs Elysees.
(d) The Grand Opera.

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

6. What does the Texan take out and drink during the racial discussion in the train car in Chapter 10?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Water.
(c) Milk.
(d) Whiskey.

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

8. Where does the narrator go after leaving Nashville in Chapter 10?
(a) New York City.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Denver.

9. Whom does the race discussion boil down to an argument between in the smoking train car in Chapter 10?
(a) The Union soldier and the Jew.
(b) The Union soldier and the Texan.
(c) The Jew and the Texan.
(d) Walter and the Jew.

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

11. To what does the narrator compare a massive iceberg viewed from the ship in Chapter 9?
(a) A mesa.
(b) A diamond.
(c) An opal.
(d) A mountain.

12. 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) Arabian.
(b) Caucasian.
(c) Anglo-Saxon.
(d) Latino.

13. Where is the narrator headed by ship in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

14. How long do the narrator and the millionaire stay in Paris in Chapter 9?
(a) 14-15 months.
(b) 27-28 weeks.
(c) 6-7 days.
(d) 2-3 days.

15. What adjective from Chapter 6 means capable of or successful in producing an intended result?
(a) Efficacious.
(b) Erroneous.
(c) Indigenous.
(d) Platonic.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the profession of the “fat Jewish looking man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?

4. Where does the man that the narrator befriends on the ship ask him to stop for two or three days in Chapter 10?

5. 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?

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