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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the real purpose of the Reverend's speech?
(a) To create a sense of awe in relation to Dr. Bledsoe
(b) To indoctrinate the students regarding the religion of the college.
(c) To help the students appreciate the Founder's real sacrifice
(d) To help the students understand how important the college is to the black community.

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

3. What makes the narrator think that his night with the white woman was a trap?
(a) He dimly remembers the appearance of another man
(b) Other women seem to want to
(c) The woman does not want him to return
(d) The Brotherhood is mysteriously silent regarding his activities

4. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?
(a) Someone distracts Reverend Barbee
(b) Dr. Bledsoe forgets to pull his legs back
(c) Reverend Barbee isn't watching where he is going.
(d) Reverend Barbee is blind.

5. Upon the narrator's return to Harlem, he learns which of the following individuals has disappeared from the Brotherhood?
(a) Brother Hambro
(b) Brother Clifton
(c) Brother Westrum
(d) Brother Jack

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator dump slush on a man's head?

2. What kind of speeches has the narrator given from the stage in the chapel?

3. Why does the narrator go to the white woman's apartment in Chapter 19?

4. What does the narrator lack in Chapter 12?

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

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