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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ellison, which of the following is important for perseverance?
(a) laughter
(b) tolerance
(c) courage
(d) determination

2. Dr. Bledsoe is preoccupied with what?
(a) preventing Mr. Norton from expelling the narrator
(b) keeping his position
(c) getting even
(d) power

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

4. Which of the following represents the narrator's philosophy?
(a) The light reveals all things
(b) The light reveals the truth
(c) The truth is the light and the light is the truth
(d) Truth is destined to come forth

5. How does Mr. Norton explain the day's events?
(a) He says the trip was the narrator's idea.
(b) He has no explanation.
(c) He says the narrator was not responsible.
(d) He claims the narrator took advantage of his (Norton's) illness

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's explanation for taking Mr. Norton to the Golden Day?

2. According to Ellison, which of the following is true during times of war?

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

4. The dark tunnel is symbolic of the narrator's

5. What was the topic of the narrator's graduation day speech?

(see the answer key)

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