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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator's grandfather regard his own meekness?
(a) He considers himself a victim
(b) He considers himself a traitor.
(c) He considers himself a coward.
(d) He is proud of his choices.

2. The main conflict of Ellison's original story revolves around
(a) racial tension
(b) imperialism
(c) national poverty
(d) problems associated with war

3. What is the narrator afraid of losing?
(a) His scholarship
(b) The respect Mr. Bledsoe has for him.
(c) His identity
(d) His job.

4. What kind of speeches has the narrator given from the stage in the chapel?
(a) Speeches that expressed his frustration in cultural symbolism.
(b) Genuine speeches that expressed how he felt.
(c) Phony speeches with notes supplied by white men.
(d) Speeches that flattered the whites.

5. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?
(a) The Founder told Reverend Barbee that Bledsoe deserved the position.
(b) The Founder and Bledsoe were related.
(c) The Founder, with his dying breath, asked Bledsoe to continue in his leadership
(d) Dr. Bledsoe had performed favors for the Founder.

Short Answer Questions

1. The concept of the character as invisible is symbolic of which of the following conditions?

2. How is the narrator's invisibility related to his residence?

3. How does the narrator regard Mr. Bledsoe?

4. Ellison's original story was written about which of the following?

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

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