Analysis Questions
1. What is the beauty that men see in Karintha?
2. Characterize the unit of the three "Karinthas" in Jean Toomer's "Karintha."

Interpretation Questions
3. Characterize Jean Toomer's "Karintha" as a "lyrical story."
4. What is the meaning of the "brown eyes" of "November Cotton Song"?

Evaluation Questions
5. Besides the timing of its publication, why might Jean Toomer's Cane be considered a seminal work in the emergence of the "Harlem Renaissance"?
6. Why is the lyricism of "Karintha" appropriate to its subject?