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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. Whose love from the opera Faust does the narrator describe as a mockery in Chapter 9?

2. What food does the narrator describe as having the power of absorbing alcoholic liquors that have been taken into the stomach in Chapter 7?

3. What does the narrator claim the men gambling in the dice room are wearing 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. Where does the narrator go after leaving Nashville in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the narrator’s impressions of the African Americans he meets in the rural South in Chapter 10?

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

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

4. Why does the millionaire decide to go to Europe? Where does he go while there?

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

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

7. How is humor used in the slave narratives and in the novel?

8. What does the narrator get in exchange for his work for the millionaire in Europe? What are his impressions of the continent?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrator’s perception of personal identity when he arrives in Florida. How is his perception of the African Americans here different than in Georgia and in Connecticut? In what ways does the narrator incorporate himself into Spanish-speaking society in the South? How is he perceived by this ethnic minority?

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 When were they repealed?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

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?

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