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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator claim the men gambling in the dice room are wearing in Chapter 6?
(a) Sombreros.
(b) Linen dusters.
(c) Overalls.
(d) Suits.

3. In what city does a man editing a credited black newspaper give the narrator a great deal of time and conversation in Chapter 10?
(a) New York City.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Boston.

4. Who is described as was “fierce, eloquent and profane in his argument and, in a lower sense, there was a direct logic in what he said, which was convincing” in Chapter 10?
(a) The Jew.
(b) Shiny.
(c) The Union soldier.
(d) The Texan.

5. When was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1818.

6. What food does the narrator describe as having the power of absorbing alcoholic liquors that have been taken into the stomach in Chapter 7?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Lasagna.
(c) Meatloaf.
(d) Chop-suey.

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

8. While at the opera in Chapter 9, the narrator realizes that the beautiful young woman sitting next to him is whom?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His siter.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His coworker.

9. Where had the Union soldier invested capital, according to the narrator in Chapter 10?
(a) New York City.
(b) Boston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Richland.

10. The narrator claims that by his third morning in New York, he secured a job doing what in Chapter 8?
(a) Cleaning stables.
(b) Rolling cigars.
(c) Washing windows.
(d) Framing houses.

11. Where is the “tall, rawboned, red-faced man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Texas.

12. Whose love from the opera Faust does the narrator describe as a mockery in Chapter 9?
(a) Siébel’s.
(b) Marguerite’s.
(c) Valentine's.
(d) Méphistophélès’s.

13. According to the narrator, who claim made the Jubilee songs public?
(a) Red Head.
(b) The Millionaire.
(c) The Fisk singers.
(d) Shiny.

14. What is the profession of the “fat Jewish looking man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Banker.
(c) Shop owner.
(d) Cigar manufacturer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The man that the narrator befriends on the ship in Chapter 10 studied at what university?

2. Who was the author of The Souls of Black Folk?

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

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 9, “The Londoner seems to think that Americans are people whose only claim to be classed as civilized is that they have” what?

5. What is a term used by the narrator to refer to a person who is born from one white parent and one black parent?

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