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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose words does the narrator contemplate as proof that he can have two identities and still be successful?
(a) His grandfather's words
(b) The words of Saul and Paul
(c) The words of Dr. Bledsoe
(d) The words of Frederick Douglass

2. What is the vet's final advice to the narrator?
(a) Watch for opportunities to get close to people like Norton
(b) Stay away from people like Mr. Norton
(c) Defy people like Norton
(d) Find ways to manipulate people like Norton

3. Why is the narrator unable to see his audience when he gives his speech at the arena?
(a) The auditorium is too dim.
(b) He is blinded by lights
(c) They are too far away.
(d) He has to speak from behind a curtain.

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

5. Why do certain members of the Brotherhood consider that narrator's speech unsatisfactory?
(a) The logical arguments were faulty
(b) The narrator used science and rationalization instead of real feeling
(c) It was too emotional
(d) It was too cold and general

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What awakens the narrator in Chapter 15?

3. Why is the narrator unable to see Mr. Bates?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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