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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. The narrator describes the poker players as practicing what sort of politeness for each other in Chapter 6?
(a) Platonic.
(b) Aristotelian.
(c) Chesterfieldian.
(d) Orwellian.

2. How much money does the narrator say that the most popular African American jockey of the day earns per year in Chapter 7?
(a) $12,000.
(b) $8,200.
(c) $6,500.
(d) $2,000.

3. Where is the “slender be-spectacled young man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Maine.

4. At what time do the narrator and the millionaire arrive at Saint Lazare in Chapter 9?
(a) 8:45 a.m.
(b) 2:30 a.m.
(c) 9:15 p.m.
(d) 4:00 p.m.

5. Where do the narrator and the millionaire walk and sit in chairs along the sidewalk in Chapter 9?
(a) The Champs Elysees.
(b) The Hotel Continental.
(c) The Grand Boulevards.
(d) The Grand Opra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the basement of the “Club” that the narrator goes to with his companions in Chapter 6?

2. Who is described as was “fierce, eloquent and profane in his argument and, in a lower sense, there was a direct logic in what he said, which was convincing” in Chapter 10?

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

4. By what mode of transportation do the narrator and the millionaire arrive in Paris in Chapter 9?

5. What word from Chapter 7 means a frequent visitor to a place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator do upon arriving in New York in Chapter 6?

2. Whom does the narrator spot at the opera in Chapter 9? What is his reaction?

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

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

5. What have critics noted in regard to the relationship between the millionaire and the narrator in the novel?

6. How does the narrator describe the rooming house and landlord where he first stays in New York in Chapter 6?

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

8. How does the narrator respond to the events surrounding the widow in the end of Chapter 8?

9. How does the narrative distinguish the differences between the North and South regarding race relations?

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

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