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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Brockway hostile toward the narrator?
(a) The narrator has difficulty following instructions.
(b) He thinks the narrator is there to take his job.
(c) He has heard of the narrator's mistake.
(d) The narrator approaches him with a bad attitude.

2. Why is the narrator unable to see Mr. Bates?
(a) Mr. Bates is not in.
(b) The secretary will not admit him.
(c) There are no jobs in Mr. Bates' department
(d) Mr. Bates is too busy to be seen.

3. Which of the following two concepts, in combination, does Ellison see as a "raft of hope."
(a) compassion and equality
(b) equality and art
(c) art and democracy
(d) democracy and truth

4. How does the narrator regard Mr. Bledsoe?
(a) As a protector
(b) As an enemy
(c) As a role model.
(d) As an unpredictable element

5. What bit of advice from the young Mr. Emerson does the narrator actually heed?
(a) to call Liberty Paints and ask for a job
(b) to return to the college
(c) to realize that he has no identity
(d) to forget about Mr. Bledsoe

Short Answer Questions

1. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?

2. What two groups of people must pay the price for being irresponsible?

3. Where is the vet going?

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

5. What mistake does the narrator make at Liberty Paints?

(see the answer key)

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