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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. Where does the man that the narrator befriends on the ship ask him to stop for two or three days in Chapter 10?
2. What is not allowed at the “Club,” according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
3. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that he “used to play whose "Wedding March" in a manner that never failed to arouse enthusiasm among the patrons of the "Club”?
4. The narrator claims that he did not feel at ease until the ship was where in Chapter 9?
5. The “white-mustached, well dressed man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10 fought in what war?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator describe the patrons of the club where he plays music in Chapter 6?
2. What musical style does the narrator describe in depth in Chapter 5? When did this style emerge?
3. How are the parties thrown by the millionaire described by the narrator in the novel?
4. What does the narrator get in exchange for his work for the millionaire in Europe? What are his impressions of the continent?
5. What are the narrator’s impressions of the African Americans he meets in the rural South in Chapter 10?
6. What have critics noted in regard to the relationship between the millionaire and the narrator in the novel?
7. How does the narrator describe the rooming house and landlord where he first stays in New York in Chapter 6?
8. With whom does the narrator discuss race relations while on the train in Chapter 10?
9. How does the narrator describe the draw of New York in Chapter 6? What imagery is used?
10. What happens to the wealthy widow in Chapter 8? Why?
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 laws regarding interracial marriage and betrothal during the late 1800s-early 1900s. When were anti-miscegenation laws introduced in the United States? When were they repealed? Were European countries similar or different in their regulations? How?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era of the United States, and the settings of Georgia and Connecticut during this time period. Where in Georgia does the narrator live with his mother? How does he describe his home and the people in his childhood community? What details does he describe of his father?
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