1. Why Is the Narrator Miserable As He Crosses the Atlantic?

Kilanowski, J. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Chapter 9

1. Why is the narrator miserable as he crosses the Atlantic? 2. Name several reasons why he falls in love with Paris. 3. How does his millionaire friend treat him during their time abroad? 4. How long do they stay in Paris? 5. How does the narrator learn French? 6. What theory of learning language does the narrator propose? 7. Who does he meet at the Opera? 8. Why does he wish to scream, “Here in your very midst, is a tragedy, a real tragedy!”?*** 9. What is the one time, in Paris, that the narrator feels cause to blush?*** 10. Where do they go next? 11. How does the narrator feel about this city? 12. What two cities do they visit after that? 13. The climax of the novel, arguably, occurs on page 104. What realization comes over the narrator? *** 14. What is the narrator’s friend’s response to the narrator’s decision to return to the United States? *** 15. Do you agree with the millionaire’s assessment? *** 16. What question does the millionaire’s argument raise for the narrator? 17. On what terms do the narrator and the millionaire part? 18. What happens to the millionaire?