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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. In which of the following does Pat major?

2. Which of the following books does Lydia reread?

3. In what city does Root meet Du Bois?

4. Which of the following works is quoted at the beginning of I?

5. What name is given to the Black section of Chicasetta?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Root appreciate Founder’s Day?

2. Kiné’s father holds the rank of marabout; what does that rank signify in the novel (131)?

3. What does Ailey note attracted Belle to the house in which she raised her children?

4. How is Ailey supposedly rebuked for not accepting punishment alongside Boukie and Baybay?

5. Why does Ailey argue that the strategy to increase male enrollment at Routledge is a failure?

6. What is reported as Lydia’s favorite Christmas song?

7. Why does Ailey suggest summering with Claire in high school?

8. What is the excuse Big Thom gives for enrolling Root at Routledge?

9. What occasions Geoffrey’s holiday outburst at his mother?

10. How does Micco come to own the land he holds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Readerly attention focuses on the following comment: “For the original transgression of this land was not slavery. It was greed, and it could not be contained” (4). To what extent does the text bear out the comment, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Sources attest to the presence of The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois on bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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