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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The image of the slave owners bidding for a naked girl is
(a) something the narrator recalls from his childhood
(b) a picture the narrator had seen in a book
(c) a vison induced by marijuana
(d) something that happened to the narrator's father

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

4. Ellison's primary struggle in writing the book was
(a) Giving the hero sufficient depth of character
(b) Allowing the hero to fail
(c) Accepting the concept that nothing could really be done to change society
(d) Finding a way for the hero to succeed.

5. What does Mr. Norton give to Trueblood?
(a) A hundred dollar bill
(b) Nothing
(c) A lecture on morality
(d) A bottle of whiskey

Short Answer Questions

1. The veteran doctor claims to have been beaten for what?

2. Dr. Bledsoe is preoccupied with what?

3. In Chapter 14, why is Mary cooking cabbage?

4. How is the narrator's invisibility related to his residence?

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

(see the answer key)

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