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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. How many words does the narrator compile a list of in French as being “necessary” in Chapter 9?

2. Where is the narrator headed by ship in the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. What does the narrator claim the men gambling in the dice room are wearing in Chapter 6?

4. Where does the narrator go after leaving Nashville in Chapter 10?

5. The narrator claims that he did not feel at ease until the ship was where in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whom does the narrator spot at the opera in Chapter 9? What is his reaction?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the narrator describe the success of the Chinese restaurant under the “Club” in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

Discuss the history of segregation in the South, and particularly in Georgia. When were the Jim Crow laws enacted? When were they repealed? How did these laws influence society in the South? What segregation does the narrator experience before going to the South?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the cigar industry in the late 1800s, early 1900s in Florida and Cuba. What were relations like at this time between Cuba and the United States? How many of the narrator’s coworkers hail from Cuba? What influences do they have on him?

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