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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is ironic about Trueblood's situation?
(a) He receives charity from the whites.
(b) The college wants him to stay around.
(c) Other men have done the same thing.
(d) The college wants him to leave.

3. What does the narrator credit for his "call to action"?
(a) marijuana
(b) the girl in his dream
(c) music
(d) his vision

4. 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

5. What two groups of people must pay the price for being irresponsible?
(a) lazy people and cowards
(b) sleepwalkers and dreamers
(c) dreamer and cowards
(d) idealists and cowards

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?

2. How does the narrator describe the students as they enter the chapel?

3. What does Mr. Norton give to Trueblood?

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

5. What would the narrator like to add to his "hole"?

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