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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator unable to see Mr. Bates?
(a) Mr. Bates is too busy to be seen.
(b) The secretary will not admit him.
(c) There are no jobs in Mr. Bates' department
(d) Mr. Bates is not in.

2. The dark tunnel is symbolic of the narrator's
(a) lack of knowledge about himself
(b) unwillingness to face the truth
(c) lack of understanding about culture and society as a whole
(d) invisible nature in relation to white people

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

4. What does the narrator tell Mr. Emerson that he wants to do with his future?
(a) become a teacher
(b) get a high paying position in the city
(c) become Mr. Bledsoe's assistant
(d) remain quietly in New York

5. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?
(a) liquor
(b) marijuana
(c) a beating
(d) a cigar

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose words does the narrator contemplate as proof that he can have two identities and still be successful?

3. What does the narrator see as he is watching people leave the chapel?

4. Although the narrator may not realize it, he is searching for

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

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