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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. Where is the “tall, rawboned, red-faced man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Texas.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Colorado.

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) Whiskey.
(b) Opium.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Marijuana.

3. 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.”

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose love from the opera Faust does the narrator describe as a mockery in Chapter 9?

3. Whom does the race discussion boil down to an argument between in the smoking train car in Chapter 10?

4. At what institution does the narrator spend a day in Nashville in Chapter 10?

5. What is in the basement of the “Club” that the narrator goes to with his companions in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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