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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Mr. Bledsoe compose his face into a bland mask?
(a) He wants to hide the fact that he is angry with Mr. Norton.
(b) He doesn't want the narrator to realize how upset he is.
(c) He wants to see Mr. Norton's reaction before revealing his own feelings.
(d) He doesn't want Mr. Norton to know he is angry with the narrator.

3. How does the narrator describe the students as they enter the chapel?
(a) They enter the chapel with resentment and fear.
(b) They enter with the love a captured people has for their conquerors.
(c) They enter with dread and hesitation.
(d) They enter the chapel joyfully.

4. Why is the narrator unable to see Mr. Bates?
(a) Mr. Bates is too busy to be seen.
(b) Mr. Bates is not in.
(c) The secretary will not admit him.
(d) There are no jobs in Mr. Bates' department

5. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?
(a) The Founder and Bledsoe were related.
(b) The Founder told Reverend Barbee that Bledsoe deserved the position.
(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. Who else is on the bus to New York?

2. What group of society is represented by the white men at the Battle Royal?

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

4. How does the narrator's grandfather regard his own meekness?

5. Where does Bledsoe tell the narrator to go?

(see the answer key)

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