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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’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) 2-3 days.
(b) 4-5 days.
(c) 3-4 days.
(d) 1-2 days.

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

3. What is in the basement of the “Club” that the narrator goes to with his companions in Chapter 6?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A Chinese Chop-suey restaurant.
(c) A brothel.
(d) Hundreds of boxes.

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

5. How many years has it been since the narrator has seen his father when he encounters him in Chapter 9?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dice game is being played in the back room at the refurbished bar and gambling house that the narrator attends in Chapter 6?

2. What city does the narrator say “stands for the conservatism, the solidarity, the utilitarianism” in Chapter 9?

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

4. What character in the book is killed at the end of Chapter 8?

5. What does the Texan take out and drink during the racial discussion in the train car in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator describe the success of the Chinese restaurant under the “Club” in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

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

9. With whom does the narrator form a friendship on the ship to Boston in Chapter 10? What do they discuss?

10. How are the parties thrown by the millionaire described by the narrator in the novel?

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