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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator tell Mr. Emerson that he wants to do with his future?
(a) become Mr. Bledsoe's assistant
(b) become a teacher
(c) get a high paying position in the city
(d) remain quietly in New York

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

5. Where is the vet going?
(a) Washington DC
(b) an undisclosed location
(c) New York
(d) Canada

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator credit for his "call to action"?

2. According to Ellison, which of the following is true during times of war?

3. How does the narrator regard Mr. Bledsoe?

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

5. According to Ellison, for what have African Americans historically had to fight?

(see the answer key)

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