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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator regard Mr. Bledsoe?
(a) As an unpredictable element
(b) As a role model.
(c) As an enemy
(d) As a protector

2. According to Ellison, which of the following is important for perseverance?
(a) tolerance
(b) courage
(c) laughter
(d) determination

3. What truth does the vet tell to the narrator that the narrator does not yet understand?
(a) That he is invisible
(b) That he is doomed to failure
(c) That the white men are trying to destroy him
(d) That he should not be afraid of white men

4. How does Mr. Norton explain the day's events?
(a) He says the trip was the narrator's idea.
(b) He claims the narrator took advantage of his (Norton's) illness
(c) He says the narrator was not responsible.
(d) He has no explanation.

5. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?
(a) So the narrator will return to the Golden Day
(b) So the narrator will not become another casualty
(c) So the narrator will persuade Mr. Norton to give a donation
(d) So the narrator will take up the cause of the vets

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator considers himself an invisible man because ____________________.

2. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?

3. What does the moon symbolize?

4. The main conflict of Ellison's original story revolves around

5. The concept of the character as invisible is symbolic of which of the following conditions?

(see the answer key)

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