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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bit of advice from the young Mr. Emerson does the narrator actually heed?
(a) to call Liberty Paints and ask for a job
(b) to return to the college
(c) to realize that he has no identity
(d) to forget about Mr. Bledsoe

2. What had Mr. Trueblood done prior to his disgrace?
(a) He was an employee of the college.
(b) He had been involved in tutoring the black students.
(c) He was a special singer at the college.
(d) He was a guest lecturer

3. Ellison's original story was written about which of the following?
(a) A slave
(b) An African American pilot
(c) A sharecropper
(d) An African American author

4. In chapter 9, the narrator walks a short distance with another man. What is the man doing besides singing?
(a) leading a dog
(b) eating
(c) carrying a suitcase
(d) Carrying blueprints

5. What does the narrator see as he is watching people leave the chapel?
(a) The veteran doctor
(b) Dr. Bledsoe's cadillac
(c) Mr. Norton's car
(d) Mr. Trueblood's car

6. Why is the narrator offended by the man behind the drugstore counter?
(a) The man assumes will order the special of pork chops, grits, one egg, biscuits, and coffee.
(b) The man wants to see his money before serving him.
(c) The man does not give him what he orders.
(d) The man overcharges him.

7. What unexpected sight does the narrator see in New York?
(a) many black people
(b) people from many nationalities
(c) many policemen
(d) half-naked white women

8. What group of society is represented by the white men at the Battle Royal?
(a) Educators (professors, scientists)
(b) Middle upper class (supervisors, lawyers, bankers, etc)
(c) Lower class (poor white men)
(d) Leaders (governors, politicians)

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

10. What, ironically, makes the narrator's white bosses distrustful of him?
(a) his lack of experience
(b) his color
(c) his attitude
(d) his background and education

11. Which of the following represents the narrator's philosophy?
(a) The truth is the light and the light is the truth
(b) The light reveals all things
(c) Truth is destined to come forth
(d) The light reveals the truth

12. The narrator's pondering of his upcoming punishment is an example of what literary device?
(a) suspense
(b) allusion
(c) symbolism
(d) foreshadowing

13. Why does Mary Rambo want to take the narrator home?
(a) She needs the company
(b) To take advantage of him
(c) To take care of him
(d) She is in love with him

14. What does Dr. Bledsoe call the narrator?
(a) a slave
(b) a traitor
(c) an educated fool
(d) a liar

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Trueblood's explanation of the rape of his daughter?

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

4. Where does Bledsoe tell the narrator to go?

5. Bledsoe tells the narrator that he should not worry about

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