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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the topic of the narrator's graduation day speech?
(a) Courage
(b) Racial pride
(c) Equality
(d) Humilty

3. What two groups of people must pay the price for being irresponsible?
(a) sleepwalkers and dreamers
(b) lazy people and cowards
(c) idealists and cowards
(d) dreamer and cowards

4. How did the narrator get invited to participate in the Battle Royal?
(a) He thought it was part of the award.
(b) He happened to be at the hotel to give a speech to white men.
(c) He volunteered because it looked interesting.
(d) The people who arranged the speech planned to include him.

5. According to Ellison, for what have African Americans historically had to fight?
(a) Their freedoms
(b) The right for education
(c) The right for fair employment
(d) The right to fight

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Trueblood's explanation of the rape of his daughter?

2. What is ironic about Trueblood's situation?

3. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?

4. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?

5. Ellison's primary struggle in writing the book was

(see the answer key)

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