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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What truth does the vet tell to the narrator that the narrator does not yet understand?
(a) That he is invisible
(b) That he is doomed to failure
(c) That the white men are trying to destroy him
(d) That he should not be afraid of white men

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

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

4. 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 pays the vet a bribe.
(d) He pretends he is about to run over the vet.

5. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?
(a) a cigar
(b) marijuana
(c) liquor
(d) a beating

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the vet accuse Mr. Norton?

2. Ellison's original story was written about which of the following?

3. The narrator considers himself an invisible man because ____________________.

4. How does Mr. Norton explain the day's events?

5. What do some of the black men carry?

(see the answer key)

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