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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator feel was his primary fault 20 years earlier?
(a) He was cowardly.
(b) He was naive.
(c) He was easily confused.
(d) He was too bold.

2. What revelation does the "Tom Show" provide for Ellison?
(a) It reveals the futility of fighting agains the majority.
(b) It convinces him that history cannot be changed.
(c) It convinces him that history will be repeated
(d) It shows him that history is a part of the present

3. What does Trueblood's story suggest about the white men at the jail house?
(a) They were horrified by his story and tried to get him to move.
(b) They didn't believe his story.
(c) They secretly enjoyed hearing his story.
(d) They were angry and kept him in town as an example of how not to behave.

4. Where was the novel written?
(a) Vermont
(b) Georgia
(c) New York
(d) Harlem

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator discuss with the woman in his dream?

2. Which of the following represents the narrator's philosophy?

3. According to Ellison, for what have African Americans historically had to fight?

4. According to Ellison, which of the following is true during times of war?

5. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?

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