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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. What color kimono does Seraphine wear in Chapter 15?

2. In Chapter 16, when did Jean Danou visit Russia?

3. When did Queen Judith ascend the throne of Ethiopia?

4. In Chapter 12, who does Tasan compare the Emperor of Ethiopia to?

5. In Chapter 10, what is the title of an article that Flagg shows Alamaya from the Labor Herald?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is eaten and drank at Tasan's place when he invites Seraphine to dinner in Chapter 17?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Seraphine think has happened with her father and Alamaya and why?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 15, why does Seraphine not go to work in her father's office, and what does she decide to do?

4. In Chapter 12, how does Castle define the term "nigger-rich"?

5. In Chapter 15, what do Seraphine and Bunchetta say about Harlem and why they want to live elsewhere?

6. In Chapter 16, how does Jean Danou believe that democracy can be cured?

7. How is the Princess Benebe Zarihana described?

8. How does Peixota learn that Tasan was plotting and attempting to corrupt Alamay from the start?

9. What is the Interlink?

10. In Chapter 14, why does Alamaya say that he can no longer see Seraphine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alamaya is a black man from Ethiopia who is caught up in the sociopolitical maneuvering in Harlem. How is Alamay caught in the sociopolitical maneuvering in Harlem? What is revealed about his character through these manipulations?

Essay Topic 2

Reverend Trawl believes that Harlem is the “stamping ground of false prophets” (110). What does Trawl mean by that statement? How does he attempt to mitigate the damage done by false prophets?

Essay Topic 3

The Labor Herald frequently publishes propaganda. How is propaganda use by the communists to further their cause? How does the use of propaganda affect the people who are targeted by the propaganda?

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