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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective from Chapter 6 means capable of or successful in producing an intended result?
(a) Erroneous.
(b) Platonic.
(c) Efficacious.
(d) Indigenous.

2. The narrator claims in Chapter 10, “I have no doubt that the Negro would make a good Chinaman, with exception of” what?
(a) “The eyes.”
(b) “The ears.”
(c) “The mouth.”
(d) “The pigtail.”

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?
(a) New York City.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Boston.

4. In describing New York, the narrator states, “To some natures this stimulant of life in a great city becomes a thing as binding and necessary as” being addicted to what substance?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Opium.
(d) Whiskey.

5. The man that the narrator befriends on the ship in Chapter 10 has what profession?
(a) Physician.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Artist.
(d) Banker.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what educational institution is the narrator headed in the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. Whom does the narrator describe as “a bright young fellow who was himself a student” that he talks with on the train ride in Chapter 4?

3. Who was the author of The Souls of Black Folk?

4. What does the narrator claim the men gambling in the dice room are wearing in Chapter 6?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 10, “It is the spirit of the South to defend everything belonging to it. The North is too” what “for such a spirit”?

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