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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The veteran doctor claims to have been beaten for what?
(a) getting drunk
(b) saving a life
(c) failing to fulfil his duty
(d) returning to the states
2. What is the real purpose of the Reverend's speech?
(a) To help the students understand how important the college is to the black community.
(b) To help the students appreciate the Founder's real sacrifice
(c) To create a sense of awe in relation to Dr. Bledsoe
(d) To indoctrinate the students regarding the religion of the college.
3. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?
(a) So the narrator will take up the cause of the vets
(b) So the narrator will return to the Golden Day
(c) So the narrator will not become another casualty
(d) So the narrator will persuade Mr. Norton to give a donation
4. What truth does the vet tell to the narrator that the narrator does not yet understand?
(a) That he should not be afraid of white men
(b) That the white men are trying to destroy him
(c) That he is doomed to failure
(d) That he is invisible
5. According to Ellison, for what have African Americans historically had to fight?
(a) The right for education
(b) The right to fight
(c) Their freedoms
(d) The right for fair employment
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Ellison, which of the following is important for perseverance?
2. The narrator considers himself an invisible man because ____________________.
3. The dark tunnel is symbolic of the narrator's
4. Where was the novel written?
5. Ellison himself was a member of which branch of the military?
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