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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The narrator's pondering of his upcoming punishment is an example of what literary device?
(a) suspense
(b) foreshadowing
(c) symbolism
(d) allusion

4. What is ironic about Trueblood's situation?
(a) The college wants him to leave.
(b) He receives charity from the whites.
(c) The college wants him to stay around.
(d) Other men have done the same thing.

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

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 recall having been given instead of a cigarette?

4. What does the narrator credit for his "call to action"?

5. What is the narrator afraid of losing?

(see the answer key)

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