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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator feel disillusioned when looking at the picture of the Founder?
(a) He understands that Mr. Norton is going to expel him.
(b) He realizes that Mr. Norton is the one with the power.
(c) He realizes that Bledsoe is going to abuse his power.
(d) He realizes that he really has no hope of obtaining any power.

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator get past the drunken vet in the road?
(a) He claims to be someone of importance.
(b) He tells him he has General Pershing in the car.
(c) He pretends he is about to run over the vet.
(d) He pays the vet a bribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the narrator homesick when he first gets to New York?

2. What revelation does the "Tom Show" provide for Ellison?

3. What does the narrator fear is the reason for his inability to get an appointment with the trustees?

4. Where does Bledsoe tell the narrator to go?

5. What does the moon symbolize?

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