Why is it significant to realize that Helen is not Queen of Sparta? What difficulties will this cause? *

i literally just read the book and studied it for months so i could you, but i need to know where these questions are coming from. they are too general.

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.

im not entirely sure, but i think the answer is listing