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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does the vet accuse Mr. Norton?
(a) Of treating the blacks unfairly
(b) Of treating the blacks like impersonal conquests
(c) Of failing to accomplish his mission for the college
(d) Of practicing racial prejudice

2. The image of the slave owners bidding for a naked girl is
(a) something that happened to the narrator's father
(b) a vison induced by marijuana
(c) a picture the narrator had seen in a book
(d) something the narrator recalls from his childhood

3. Where is the vet going?
(a) an undisclosed location
(b) Washington DC
(c) New York
(d) Canada

4. What does the moon symbolize?
(a) The eye of God
(b) Intellectual vision that is defective
(c) An eye that sees only what it chooses.
(d) The vision of those in power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator afraid of losing?

2. What is ironic about Trueblood's situation?

3. What does Dr. Bledsoe call the narrator?

4. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?

5. How did the narrator get invited to participate in the Battle Royal?

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