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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the road in the college town ultimately lead?
(a) To a statue
(b) To a mental institution
(c) To a chapel
(d) To the college

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the vet, what does a white woman symbolize?

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

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

4. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?

5. How did the narrator get invited to participate in the Battle Royal?

(see the answer key)

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