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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. For how long does the narrator stay in Washington, D.C. in Chapter 10?
2. 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”?
3. In what city does a man editing a credited black newspaper give the narrator a great deal of time and conversation in Chapter 10?
4. What is in the basement of the “Club” that the narrator goes to with his companions in Chapter 6?
5. What is the profession of the “fat Jewish looking man” that the narrator encounters on the train 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. What musical style does the narrator describe in depth in Chapter 5? When did this style emerge?
3. How does the narrator describe the patrons of the club where he plays music in Chapter 6?
4. What does the narrator get in exchange for his work for the millionaire in Europe? What are his impressions of the continent?
5. Where do the millionaire and the narrator spend time in Europe in Chapter 9? What role does the narrator play in their relationship?
6. How does the narrator describe the draw of New York in Chapter 6? What imagery is used?
7. Whom does the narrator spot at the opera in Chapter 9? What is his reaction?
8. What does the narrator do upon arriving in New York in Chapter 6?
9. How does the narrator respond to the events surrounding the widow in the end of Chapter 8?
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 author of the book and its genre. Why did James Weldon Johnson choose to use the term “autobiography” in the work’s title? Why was it initially published with an anonymous author? When was it republished with the author’s name? Why?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the setting of Atlanta, Georgia, and the narrator’s impressions of the city upon arrival. How does the city compare with the narrator’s childhood home in Connecticut? How does he perceive the African Americans of the South to be different than those of the North? Where does the narrator stay upon his arrival?
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