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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Trueblood's explanation of the rape of his daughter?
(a) He acted in a dream and didn't know what he was doing.
(b) He confused his wife with his daughter because they were all in the same bed.
(c) His wife forced him into it.
(d) His daughter dliberately seduced him.

2. According to Ellison, for what have African Americans historically had to fight?
(a) The right for education
(b) Their freedoms
(c) The right for fair employment
(d) The right to fight

3. What does the narrator credit for his "call to action"?
(a) music
(b) his vision
(c) marijuana
(d) the girl in his dream

4. What would the narrator like to add to his "hole"?
(a) a phonograph player
(b) a kitchen
(c) a TV set
(d) four more radio-phonographs

5. How does the narrator excuse his lack of responsibility?
(a) The downtrodden should not be expected to assume responsibility
(b) No one has ever given him responsibility
(c) Responsibility cannot happen without recognition
(d) Because he is invisible, he doesn't know what responsibility to take

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the narrator's invisibility related to his residence?

2. When was the introduction of the novel written?

3. Where was the novel written?

4. What is ironic about Trueblood's situation?

5. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?

(see the answer key)

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