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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. What word does the narrator use in Chapter 6 meaning anything that transforms, purifies, or refines?
(a) Eclipse.
(b) Corrosive.
(c) Tangible.
(d) Alembic.

2. In describing New York, the narrator states, “To some natures this stimulant of life in a great city becomes a thing as binding and necessary as” being addicted to what substance?
(a) Opium.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Tobacco.

3. Where is the “slender be-spectacled young man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Maine.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Georgia.

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

5. What animal does the narrator look for on the iceberg in Chapter 9?
(a) A penguin.
(b) A marmot.
(c) An otter.
(d) A polar bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 7 means a frequent visitor to a place?

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”?

3. When was Frederick Douglass born?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 9 that he has become quite friendly with a “stolid, slow-witted fellow” from where?

5. At what time do the narrator and the millionaire arrive at Saint Lazare in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who hires the narrator as a patron in Chapter 7? What does the narrator do for his employer?

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

8. Why does the millionaire decide to go to Europe? Where does he go while there?

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

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

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