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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) Tangible.
(c) Alembic.
(d) Corrosive.

2. Who is described as was “fierce, eloquent and profane in his argument and, in a lower sense, there was a direct logic in what he said, which was convincing” in Chapter 10?
(a) The Texan.
(b) The Jew.
(c) Shiny.
(d) The Union soldier.

3. Who was the author of The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

4. What character in the book is killed at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) The Texan.
(b) The Millionaire.
(c) The Widow.
(d) The Jew.

5. The narrator claims that he did not feel at ease until the ship was where in Chapter 9?
(a) Boston.
(b) Reykjavik.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Out of the New York Harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 9, “The Londoner seems to think that Americans are people whose only claim to be classed as civilized is that they have” what?

2. The Union soldier says in Chapter 10, “After all, racial supremacy is merely a matter of” what?

3. Where do the narrator and four of his companions go to seek a lodging-house after arriving in New York in Chapter 6?

4. 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”?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. With whom does the narrator discuss race relations while on the train in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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