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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to any White person whose native language is English and whose cultural affiliations are those common to Britain and the U.S.?
(a) Aryan.
(b) Latino.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Anglo-Saxon.

2. What title does Matthew hold in the Knights of Nordica in Chapter 6?
(a) Grand Exalted Dragon.
(b) Grand Exalted Shark.
(c) Grand Exalted Giraw.
(d) Grand Exalted Wizard.

3. What was passed by the Congress of the United States shortly after the American Civil War helping to protect the voting rights of African-Americans?
(a) The Power Acts.
(b) The Confederate Acts.
(c) The Race Acts.
(d) The Force Acts.

4. To where does Max take a taxi in the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Wall Street Station.
(b) Central Station.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Pennsylvania Station.

5. Who do the the Knights of Nordica have on their payroll fighting the Committee for the Preservation of Negro Racial Integrity in Chapter 6?
(a) Santop Licorice.
(b) Dr. Joseph Bonds.
(c) Dr. Napoleon Wellington Jackson.
(d) Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first Ku Klux Klan established?

2. Where is Dr. Crookman in Chapter 5?

3. What word means freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.?

4. For what paper does the reporter work who waits for Max in his cab outside the sanitarium in Chapter 2?

5. How long has Matthew been in Atlanta in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the basic premise and plot of the story "Black No More"?

2. What does Max remark about his skin after the procedure in Chapter 2? How is this satirical?

3. How does Hank Johnson feel about the publicity Black-No-More is getting in Chapter 3? What is Hank's history?

4. Where is Max in Chapter 4? How has his identity changed?

5. What hypocrisy is pointed out about Dr. Crookman in Chapter 3?

6. What aspects of Matthew make it difficult for the reader to sympathize with him?

7. What discovery does Matthew make about the opposition of Black-No-More in Chapter 4?

8. What conversation does Max have with Bunny in the end of Chapter 2? What is indicated by it?

9. What does Dr. Crookman believe his company is doing for society? Why is this absurd?

10. Where and when does Chapter 1 of "Black No More" begin? What two characters meet in the opening?

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