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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 had the Union soldier invested capital, according to the narrator in Chapter 10?
(a) New York City.
(b) Boston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Richland.

2. What city does the narrator say “stands for the conservatism, the solidarity, the utilitarianism” in Chapter 9?
(a) Venice.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) London.

3. What is not allowed at the “Club,” according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Women.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Loitering.
(d) Solicitation.

4. By what mode of transportation do the narrator and the millionaire arrive in Paris in Chapter 9?
(a) Plane.
(b) Boat.
(c) Train.
(d) Automobile.

5. At what institution does the narrator spend a day in Nashville in Chapter 10?
(a) Howard University.
(b) Nashville State University.
(c) The University of Tennessee.
(d) Fisk University.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. 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?

3. What genre of music does the narrator first hear at the “Club” in Chapter 6?

4. Where does the man that the narrator befriends on the ship ask him to stop for two or three days in Chapter 10?

5. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that he “used to play whose "Wedding March" in a manner that never failed to arouse enthusiasm among the patrons of the "Club”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the author incorporate slave narratives in his descriptions of the South in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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