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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, who claim made the Jubilee songs public?
(a) Red Head.
(b) The Millionaire.
(c) Shiny.
(d) The Fisk singers.

2. The narrator states in the beginning of Chapter 4 that the farther he got below __________, the more disappointed he became with the appearance of the country?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. The narrator’s companion tells him in Chapter 4 that all of the “respectable coloured people” eat where?
(a) At the race track.
(b) At home.
(c) At the church.
(d) At the diner.

4. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
(a) Louisa May Alcott.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

5. The narrator says that when he was shown about the grounds of the university, he was especially interested in what building in Chapter 4?
(a) The industrial building.
(b) The mathematics building.
(c) The library.
(d) The gymnasium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tall man with the small, dark moustache drill a hole through in Chapter 1 as the narrator watches?

2. What term is used by some historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Britain beginning in the early 5th century?

3. How does the narrator say he changed his attitudes toward his peers after the discovery that he was biracial?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 2, “And this is the dwarfing, warping, distorting influence which operates upon each colored man in the United States. He is forced to take his outlook on all things, not from the viewpoint of a citizen, or a man, nor even a human being, but from the viewpoint of” what?

5. What present does the narrator describe receiving from his father in Chapter 3?

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