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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. According to the author in Chapter 10, “Southerners are very much like” who “in that they must talk”?
(a) Englishmen.
(b) Frenchmen.
(c) Russians.
(d) Spaniards.

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) Craps.
(b) Shoot the Moon.
(c) Backgammon.
(d) Yahtzee.

3. During his stay in Paris, the narrator usually goes to the theater and ends up at the big café located where in Chapter 9?
(a) The Hotel Continental.
(b) The Grand Opera.
(c) The Champs Elysees.
(d) The Grand Boulevards.

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 Grand Boulevards.
(b) The Grand Opera.
(c) The Champs Elysees.
(d) The Hotel Continental.

5. How much money does the narrator lose on his second trip to the gambling house in Chapter 8?
(a) $185.
(b) $120.
(c) $50.
(d) $235.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator returning to New York in the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

3. The narrator claims in Chapter 10, “I have no doubt that the Negro would make a good Chinaman, with exception of” what?

4. How many words does the narrator compile a list of in French as being “necessary” in Chapter 9?

5. What adjective from Chapter 6 means capable of or successful in producing an intended result?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the narrator go after returning to the United States in Chapter 10? Who does he meet?

2. How does the narrator describe the draw of New York in Chapter 6? What imagery is used?

3. How is ragtime music received in Europe, according to the narrator in Chapter 9?

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

5. How does the narrative distinguish the differences between the North and South regarding race relations?

6. How is the millionaire described by the narrator? What does he look like?

7. What does the narrator get in exchange for his work for the millionaire in Europe? What are his impressions of the continent?

8. Where do the millionaire and the narrator spend time in Europe in Chapter 9? What role does the narrator play in their relationship?

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

10. What are the narrator’s impressions of the African Americans he meets in the rural South in Chapter 10?

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