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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ellison, which of the following is important for perseverance?
(a) tolerance
(b) courage
(c) determination
(d) laughter

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

3. Where does the road in the college town ultimately lead?
(a) To a mental institution
(b) To a chapel
(c) To the college
(d) To a statue

4. 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 were angry and kept him in town as an example of how not to behave.
(c) They didn't believe his story.
(d) They secretly enjoyed hearing his story.

5. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?
(a) It is free
(b) It is a white apartment house
(c) It is in a basement
(d) It is filled with over 1300 light bulbs

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ellison himself was a member of which branch of the military?

3. When was the introduction of the novel written?

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

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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