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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator lack in Chapter 12?
(a) A sense of direction
(b) motivation to keep going
(c) his interest in returning to college
(d) money to live on

2. Why does the narrator dump slush on a man's head?
(a) The man was preaching nonsense.
(b) The man greeted him with hostility.
(c) He thinks the man is Bledsoe.
(d) The man insulted him.

3. What does the narrator discover when he gets to the woman's apartment?
(a) the woman is divorced
(b) the woman is single
(c) her husband is dead
(d) Her husband is away

4. How does the narrator describe the students as they enter the chapel?
(a) They enter with dread and hesitation.
(b) They enter the chapel with resentment and fear.
(c) They enter the chapel joyfully.
(d) They enter with the love a captured people has for their conquerors.

5. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?
(a) The Founder, with his dying breath, asked Bledsoe to continue in his leadership
(b) Dr. Bledsoe had performed favors for the Founder.
(c) The Founder told Reverend Barbee that Bledsoe deserved the position.
(d) The Founder and Bledsoe were related.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon the narrator's return to Harlem, he learns which of the following individuals has disappeared from the Brotherhood?

2. The narrator's need to give speeches is an example of what literary device?

3. In spite of losing his identity, what does the narrator retain?

4. What is the real purpose of the Reverend's speech?

5. What makes the narrator think that his night with the white woman was a trap?

(see the answer key)

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