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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the author of The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) Langston Hughes.

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

4. 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) Aggravating.
(b) Enlightening.
(c) Inconvenient.
(d) Humbling.

5. The narrator’s harrowed state of mind and seasickness keeps him miserable on the ship for how long before it begins to lift in Chapter 9?
(a) 3-4 days.
(b) 4-5 days.
(c) 2-3 days.
(d) 1-2 days.

6. How much money does the narrator say that the most popular African American jockey of the day earns per year in Chapter 7?
(a) $8,200.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $6,500.

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

8. Why is the narrator returning to New York in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The World's Fair.
(b) The meet an old friend.
(c) A relative has just died.
(d) The cigar factory shut down.

9. Where do the narrator and the millionaire walk and sit in chairs along the sidewalk in Chapter 9?
(a) The Hotel Continental.
(b) The Champs Elysees.
(c) The Grand Boulevards.
(d) The Grand Opra.

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

11. The narrator states in Chapter 9 that he has become quite friendly with a “stolid, slow-witted fellow” from where?
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Holland.
(d) Luxembourg.

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

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

14. The millionaire offers to take the narrator to Europe with him instead of taking whom in Chapter 9?
(a) Red Head.
(b) Shiny.
(c) Walter.
(d) Joel Chandler Harris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, who claim made the Jubilee songs public?

2. When was Frederick Douglass born?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 10, “It is the spirit of the South to defend everything belonging to it. The North is too” what “for such a spirit”?

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

5. Where is the “tall, rawboned, red-faced man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?

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