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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 the college
(b) To a statue
(c) To a chapel
(d) To a mental institution

2. What does the narrator feel was his primary fault 20 years earlier?
(a) He was cowardly.
(b) He was easily confused.
(c) He was naive.
(d) He was too bold.

3. The main conflict of Ellison's original story revolves around
(a) problems associated with war
(b) imperialism
(c) national poverty
(d) racial tension

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of society is represented by the white men at the Battle Royal?

2. What was the topic of the narrator's graduation day speech?

3. Why does the narrator have difficulty getting along on his first two jobs?

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

5. Bledsoe tells the narrator that he should not worry about

(see the answer key)

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