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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?
(a) The Founder told Reverend Barbee that Bledsoe deserved the position.
(b) The Founder, with his dying breath, asked Bledsoe to continue in his leadership
(c) The Founder and Bledsoe were related.
(d) Dr. Bledsoe had performed favors for the Founder.

2. The dark tunnel is symbolic of the narrator's
(a) lack of knowledge about himself
(b) lack of understanding about culture and society as a whole
(c) unwillingness to face the truth
(d) invisible nature in relation to white people

3. Ellison's primary struggle in writing the book was
(a) Giving the hero sufficient depth of character
(b) Accepting the concept that nothing could really be done to change society
(c) Allowing the hero to fail
(d) Finding a way for the hero to succeed.

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

5. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?
(a) Reverend Barbee isn't watching where he is going.
(b) Reverend Barbee is blind.
(c) Someone distracts Reverend Barbee
(d) Dr. Bledsoe forgets to pull his legs back

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator notice about the whites in the city?

4. What unexpected sight does the narrator see in New York?

5. Why does Mr. Bledsoe compose his face into a bland mask?

(see the answer key)

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