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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had predicted the narrator's relationship with the white woman?
(a) Dr. Bledsoe
(b) Brother Jack
(c) Brother Hambro
(d) The veteran doctor at the Golden Day

2. Why does the narrator go to the white woman's apartment in Chapter 19?
(a) to meet her husband
(b) to discuss ideologies
(c) to seduce her
(d) because she has seduced him

3. In spite of losing his identity, what does the narrator retain?
(a) the memory of Mr. Norton
(b) his naive outlook on life
(c) an urgency to find a job
(d) a desire for revenge

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator want to do in Chapter 12?

2. When the woman says the narrator's voice is "primitive," she actually intends the statement as

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

4. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?

5. What does the narrator discover when he gets to the woman's apartment?

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