View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the basement of the “Club” that the narrator goes to with his companions in Chapter 6?
(a) A Chinese Chop-suey restaurant.
(b) A butcher shop.
(c) Hundreds of boxes.
(d) A brothel.

2. What word does the narrator use in Chapter 6 meaning anything that transforms, purifies, or refines?
(a) Corrosive.
(b) Tangible.
(c) Alembic.
(d) Eclipse.

3. What does the Texan take out and drink during the racial discussion in the train car in Chapter 10?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Milk.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Water.

4. The narrator’s harrowed state of mind and seasickness keeps him miserable on the ship for how long before it begins to lift in Chapter 9?
(a) 4-5 days.
(b) 2-3 days.
(c) 1-2 days.
(d) 3-4 days.

5. What city does the narrator say “stands for the conservatism, the solidarity, the utilitarianism” in Chapter 9?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the narrator and the millionaire stay in Paris in Chapter 9?

2. The narrator states that he is finally able to shake off his gloom when the ship reaches what harbor in Chapter 9?

3. The narrator quotes an African American man as once having said, “"It's no disgrace to be black, but it's often very” what?

4. During his stay in Paris, the narrator usually goes to the theater and ends up at the big café located where in Chapter 9?

5. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that his section of New York is limited to how many blocks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the narrator go after returning to the United States in Chapter 10? Who does he meet?

2. How are the parties thrown by the millionaire described by the narrator in the novel?

3. How is humor used in the slave narratives and in the novel?

4. Where do the millionaire and the narrator spend time in Europe in Chapter 9? What role does the narrator play in their relationship?

5. How is the millionaire described by the narrator? What does he look like?

6. How is ragtime music received in Europe, according to the narrator in Chapter 9?

7. Why does the millionaire decide to go to Europe? Where does he go while there?

8. Who hires the narrator as a patron in Chapter 7? What does the narrator do for his employer?

9. How did the author incorporate slave narratives in his descriptions of the South in Chapter 10?

10. What happens to the wealthy widow in Chapter 8? Why?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 784 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample