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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ellison's primary struggle in writing the book was
(a) Allowing the hero to fail
(b) Giving the hero sufficient depth of character
(c) Accepting the concept that nothing could really be done to change society
(d) Finding a way for the hero to succeed.

2. What would the narrator like to add to his "hole"?
(a) a kitchen
(b) four more radio-phonographs
(c) a phonograph player
(d) a TV set

3. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?
(a) Someone distracts Reverend Barbee
(b) Dr. Bledsoe forgets to pull his legs back
(c) Reverend Barbee isn't watching where he is going.
(d) Reverend Barbee is blind.

4. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?
(a) So the narrator will take up the cause of the vets
(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 not become another casualty

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What revelation does the "Tom Show" provide for Ellison?

2. How does the narrator describe the students as they enter the chapel?

3. What does the narrator feel was his primary fault 20 years earlier?

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

5. Of what does the vet accuse Mr. Norton?

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