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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 1, the narrator states that he is led to reveal his secret by the same impulse as what?
2. How much do the narrator and his companion each pay the waiter at the restaurant where they eat in Chapter 4?
3. Within how much time is the narrator able to speak Spanish like a native after working at the factory in Chapter 5?
4. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “In the life of every one there is a limited number of unhappy experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with” what?
5. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “And this is the dwarfing, warping, distorting influence which operates upon each colored man in the United States. He is forced to take his outlook on all things, not from the viewpoint of a citizen, or a man, nor even a human being, but from the viewpoint of” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does the narrator hide his money at the rooming house in Chapter 4? Where does he go after this?
2. What advice is the narrator given after his money is stolen in Chapter 4? Who helps him out?
3. What are “slave narratives”? How are they related to the narrative of The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man?
4. How is the second Pullman car porter described by the narrator in Chapter 4?
5. What is early education like for the narrator? When does he enter public school and how is this setting described?
6. In what ways does the narrator show blindness and naiveté regarding his race?
7. How does the motif of music apply in the novel? What is the narrator’s relationship to music?
8. Into what classes does the narrator categorize African Americans in Chapter 5?
9. What does the narrator discover when he encounters the porter at a dance in Chapter 5?
10. To whom were African American narratives during the Reconstruction Era generally addressed? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the imagery and symbolism used by the narrator in describing Paris and London in Chapter 9. How does he compare these cities? What are examples of personification, simile, and metaphor in his descriptions? How does this imagery affect the tone of this chapter?
Essay Topic 2
Elaborate on the setting of New York City in the narrative. How does the African American culture in New York at this time differ from what the narrator has experienced in Connecticut, Georgia, or Florida? What are his perceptions of the black community here? How does the music inspire the narrator?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of race relations in the novel. How is racial prejudice expressed through the language of the narrator during his childhood? How does the language influence the narrator’s views of African Americans and whites? What impact does this language have on readers today?
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