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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 had been involved in tutoring the black students.
(d) He was an employee of the college.

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

4. How does the narrator get past the drunken vet in the road?
(a) He pays the vet a bribe.
(b) He tells him he has General Pershing in the car.
(c) He claims to be someone of importance.
(d) He pretends he is about to run over the vet.

5. How does the narrator describe the students as they enter the chapel?
(a) They enter the chapel with resentment and fear.
(b) They enter with the love a captured people has for their conquerors.
(c) They enter with dread and hesitation.
(d) They enter the chapel joyfully.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What group of society is represented by the white men at the Battle Royal?

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

4. What does Mr. Norton give to Trueblood?

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

(see the answer key)

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