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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 does the narrator say he has never been good at because his “ideas of interpretation were always too strongly individual”?
2. What city does the narrator describe as “a big, dull, red town” in Chapter 4?
3. The narrator states in Chapter 2 of his mother that he did not remember “ever having seen her with a book in her hand, with the exception of” what?
4. To what educational institution is the narrator headed in the beginning of Chapter 4?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What elements does the novel share with the Realist Movement in literary style?
2. In what ways does the narrator show blindness and naiveté regarding his race?
3. How does dramatic irony relate to The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man?
4. What does the narrator discover when he encounters the porter at a dance in Chapter 5?
5. Into what classes does the narrator categorize African Americans in Chapter 5?
6. Where did James Weldon Johnson attend university? How is this institution described?
7. To whom were African American narratives during the Reconstruction Era generally addressed? Why?
8. How are the author’s teenage years described? For whom did he work and where?
9. How is the period in which the book is set described by the author? What was life like for African Americans?
10. Who is the narrator of The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man? What secret does he discuss in Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define and identify motif in literature, and the motifs in the narrative. How does violence apply to the novel as a motif? In what ways does the narrator associate violence with the African American community? How does this differ from the white community?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the imagery and symbolism used by the narrator in describing Paris and London in Chapter 9. How does he compare these cities? What are examples of personification, simile, and metaphor in his descriptions? How does this imagery affect the tone of this chapter?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the laws regarding interracial marriage and betrothal during the late 1800s-early 1900s. When were anti-miscegenation laws introduced in the United States? When were they repealed? Were European countries similar or different in their regulations? How?
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