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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?
(a) So the narrator will not become another casualty
(b) So the narrator will persuade Mr. Norton to give a donation
(c) So the narrator will return to the Golden Day
(d) So the narrator will take up the cause of the vets

2. When the woman says the narrator's voice is "primitive," she actually intends the statement as
(a) a compliment
(b) a word of advice
(c) a gesture of seduction
(d) an insult

3. What does Dr. Bledsoe call the narrator?
(a) a liar
(b) a traitor
(c) an educated fool
(d) a slave

4. The narrator wants to learn everything he can about the Brotherhood in order to
(a) Use it as a means to get even with Bledsoe
(b) Use it to restore those who have been dispossessed
(c) Use it to achieve power for himself
(d) Use it to create equality for black people

5. What truth does the vet tell to the narrator that the narrator does not yet understand?
(a) That the white men are trying to destroy him
(b) That he is invisible
(c) That he is doomed to failure
(d) That he should not be afraid of white men

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's explanation for taking Mr. Norton to the Golden Day?

3. What does the narrator fear is the reason for his inability to get an appointment with the trustees?

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

5. What is the symbolic association of the arena in Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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