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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Trueblood's explanation of the rape of his daughter?
(a) His daughter dliberately seduced him.
(b) His wife forced him into it.
(c) He acted in a dream and didn't know what he was doing.
(d) He confused his wife with his daughter because they were all in the same bed.

2. The image of the slave owners bidding for a naked girl is
(a) something that happened to the narrator's father
(b) a picture the narrator had seen in a book
(c) a vison induced by marijuana
(d) something the narrator recalls from his childhood

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

4. According to Ellison, for what have African Americans historically had to fight?
(a) Their freedoms
(b) The right for fair employment
(c) The right for education
(d) The right to fight

5. What does the narrator discuss with the woman in his dream?
(a) racism
(b) fear
(c) freedom
(d) responsibility

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator's grandfather regard his own meekness?

3. What had Mr. Trueblood done prior to his disgrace?

4. What was the topic of the narrator's graduation day speech?

5. Which of the following two concepts, in combination, does Ellison see as a "raft of hope."

(see the answer key)

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