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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator compares New York City to a great _________ at the gate of the country in Chapter 6?
(a) Serpent.
(b) Witch.
(c) Devil.
(d) Troll.

2. 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”?
(a) “Rich and enlightened.”
(b) “Proper and religious.”
(c) “Civilized and educated.”
(d) “Cosmopolitan and tolerant.”

3. 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 coworker.
(d) His cousin.

4. How many words does the narrator compile a list of in French as being “necessary” in Chapter 9?
(a) 575.
(b) 65.
(c) 180.
(d) 300.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The man that the narrator befriends on the ship in Chapter 10 has what profession?

5. According to the author in Chapter 10, “Southerners are very much like” who “in that they must talk”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What musical style does the narrator describe in depth in Chapter 5? When did this style emerge?

2. What does the narrator do upon arriving in New York in Chapter 6?

3. How does the narrator describe the patrons of the club where he plays music in Chapter 6?

4. How does the narrator respond to the events surrounding the widow in the end of Chapter 8?

5. Whom does the narrator spot at the opera in Chapter 9? What is his reaction?

6. How did the author incorporate slave narratives in his descriptions of the South in Chapter 10?

7. What have critics noted in regard to the relationship between the millionaire and the narrator in the novel?

8. How realistic are the hardships faced by African Americans as depicted in the narrative?

9. What happens to the wealthy widow in Chapter 8? Why?

10. How does the narrator describe the rooming house and landlord where he first stays in New York in Chapter 6?

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