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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator excuse his lack of responsibility?
(a) Responsibility cannot happen without recognition
(b) The downtrodden should not be expected to assume responsibility
(c) No one has ever given him responsibility
(d) Because he is invisible, he doesn't know what responsibility to take

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

3. Bledsoe tells the narrator that he should not worry about
(a) being punished
(b) pride and dignity
(c) being kicked out of school
(d) acting like a fool

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

5. Where does the road in the college town ultimately lead?
(a) To a chapel
(b) To a mental institution
(c) To the college
(d) To a statue

Short Answer Questions

1. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?

2. The image of the slave owners bidding for a naked girl is

3. The dark tunnel is symbolic of the narrator's

4. How does the vet react when Mr. Norton tries to explain his interest in the college?

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

(see the answer key)

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