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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of speeches has the narrator given from the stage in the chapel?
(a) Genuine speeches that expressed how he felt.
(b) Speeches that expressed his frustration in cultural symbolism.
(c) Speeches that flattered the whites.
(d) Phony speeches with notes supplied by white men.

2. What does the narrator tell Mr. Emerson that he wants to do with his future?
(a) become a teacher
(b) become Mr. Bledsoe's assistant
(c) remain quietly in New York
(d) get a high paying position in the city

3. What two groups of people must pay the price for being irresponsible?
(a) sleepwalkers and dreamers
(b) dreamer and cowards
(c) idealists and cowards
(d) lazy people and cowards

4. What does Trueblood's story suggest about the white men at the jail house?
(a) They didn't believe his story.
(b) They secretly enjoyed hearing his story.
(c) They were horrified by his story and tried to get him to move.
(d) They were angry and kept him in town as an example of how not to behave.

5. What do some of the black men carry?
(a) shackles
(b) radios
(c) pouches strapped to their wrists
(d) brief cases

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the vet, who controls "things"?

2. What group of society is represented by the white men at the Battle Royal?

3. What was the topic of the narrator's graduation day speech?

4. What is the narrator's explanation for taking Mr. Norton to the Golden Day?

5. Where was the novel written?

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