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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What revelation does the "Tom Show" provide for Ellison?
(a) It convinces him that history will be repeated
(b) It shows him that history is a part of the present
(c) It convinces him that history cannot be changed.
(d) It reveals the futility of fighting agains the majority.

3. The narrator considers himself an invisible man because ____________________.
(a) people subconsciously ignore him
(b) people refuse to see him with their inner eyes
(c) people can't see him
(d) people don't understand him

4. What is ironic about Trueblood's situation?
(a) The college wants him to leave.
(b) Other men have done the same thing.
(c) The college wants him to stay around.
(d) He receives charity from the whites.

5. What does the narrator credit for his "call to action"?
(a) music
(b) his vision
(c) marijuana
(d) the girl in his dream

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following two concepts, in combination, does Ellison see as a "raft of hope."

2. What is the narrator's explanation for taking Mr. Norton to the Golden Day?

3. The veteran doctor claims to have been beaten for what?

4. Where is the vet going?

5. How does the narrator regard Mr. Bledsoe?

(see the answer key)

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