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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. The narrator compares New York City to a great _________ at the gate of the country in Chapter 6?
2. What genre of music does the narrator first hear at the “Club” in Chapter 6?
3. Where does the narrator describe spending many evenings and where “music there made [him] strangely reminiscent of my life in Connecticut” in Chapter 9?
4. What does the narrator buy for the women who give him French lessons at the café in Chapter 9?
5. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that his section of New York is limited to how many blocks?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the millionaire decide to go to Europe? Where does he go while there?
2. How does the narrator respond to the events surrounding the widow in the end of Chapter 8?
3. What have critics noted in regard to the relationship between the millionaire and the narrator in the novel?
4. What musical style does the narrator describe in depth in Chapter 5? When did this style emerge?
5. With whom does the narrator discuss race relations while on the train in Chapter 10?
6. What happens to the wealthy widow in Chapter 8? Why?
7. What does the narrator get in exchange for his work for the millionaire in Europe? What are his impressions of the continent?
8. Where does the narrator go after returning to the United States in Chapter 10? Who does he meet?
9. How does the narrator describe the patrons of the club where he plays music in Chapter 6?
10. How did the author incorporate slave narratives in his descriptions of the South in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 When were they repealed?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 2
Discuss the segregation of white and black clubs in New York during this time period in history. Were the whites who came to the black clubs ostracized? Why or why not? When were African Americans allowed into white clubs?
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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