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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. To whom does the narrator say he became inseparable in school in Chapter 2?
2. Whom does the narrator describe as “a bright young fellow who was himself a student” that he talks with on the train ride in Chapter 4?
3. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, the two immediate results of his “forced loneliness” were finding company in books and greater pleasure in what?
4. What does the narrator describe under the shed in the backyard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
5. It is the narrator’s duty to bring what to the tall man with the small, dark moustache when he visits in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does the narrator begin working in Jacksonville in Chapter 5?
2. In what ways does the narrator show blindness and naiveté regarding his race?
3. Who is the narrator of The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man? What secret does he discuss in Chapter 1?
4. Where did James Weldon Johnson attend university? How is this institution described?
5. What elements does the novel share with the Realist Movement in literary style?
6. When and where was the author of the book born and raised? How are his parents described?
7. Who is the narrator’s guide when he first arrives in Atlanta in Chapter 4? What are the narrator’s impressions of the city?
8. What event takes place informing the narrator of his ethnic heritage in his early years? How does he react to the information?
9. How are the author’s teenage years described? For whom did he work and where?
10. How is segregation addressed when the narrator eats his first meal in Atlanta in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of the narrator’s mother and her relationship with the narrator in his youth. Why does the narrator’s mother not inform him of his heritage before he discovers the truth at school? How do the other students react to the narrator’s misunderstanding with the principal? How does the narrator’s discovery of his black heritage influence his personal view of himself and of the others around him?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrator’s relationship with and feelings for his father in the narrative. How does the narrator react upon learning the truth of his father’s identity? How does this realization influence the narrator’s personal identification? When does the narrator lose touch with his father, and why?
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