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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the boys react to the naked girl?
(a) They are embarrassed.
(b) They are fascinated.
(c) They become angry.
(d) They are amused

2. How is the narrator's invisibility related to his residence?
(a) The whites allow him to stay there because they consider him unimportant.
(b) The white residents simply ignore him.
(c) He is able to come and go without being noticed.
(d) He lives in a building for whites and uses their electricity because they cannot conceive of his presence.

3. Although the narrator may not realize it, he is searching for
(a) power
(b) identity
(c) wealth
(d) justice

4. What time of day does Brother Jack meet the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 17
(a) Midnight
(b) Noon
(c) 5:00 PM
(d) early in the morning

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the audience react to the narrator's speech?

2. What does the man in Emerson's office imply after reading the letter given him by the narrator?

3. In spite of losing his identity, what does the narrator retain?

4. Where does Bledsoe tell the narrator to go?

5. Where does the road in the college town ultimately lead?

(see the answer key)

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