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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 is the name of the girlfriend who recently left Max in the beginning of Chapter 1?
2. What is the name of Reverend Givens' daughter?
3. Who is the National Chairman of the Republican Party in the novel?
4. What refers to an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence?
5. What does the Greek word 'kuklos" mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. What inspires Max to go to the Phyllis Wheatley Hotel in Chapter 1?
2. What discovery does Matthew make about the opposition of Black-No-More in Chapter 4?
3. Who is Reverend Givens? How does Matthew introduce himself to this man?
4. Why is anger developing in the South over Black-No-More Inc. in Chapter 3?
5. How does Max go about approaching the beautiful woman in Chapter 1? What is her response?
6. What do Matthew's actions determine his character to be in the plot of "Black No More" in Chapter 4?
7. What conversation does Max have with Bunny in the end of Chapter 2? What is indicated by it?
8. What examples of uniting take place in Chapter 6?
9. What is the basic premise and plot of the story "Black No More"?
10. Where and when does Chapter 1 of "Black No More" begin? What two characters meet in the opening?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the setting of "Black No More". What was New York like in the 1930s regarding race relations? How did this differ in the South?
Essay Topic 2
Compare the political election in the novel to political elections today. How much does Schuyler's satire hold up the mirror to today's society and world of politics?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss Santop Licorice, the Back-to-Africa Society and the Committee for the Preservation of Negro Racial Integrity. How does each relate to the Knights of Nordica?
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