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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the unnamed man at the party ask the narrator to do?
(a) sing a spiritual
(b) give a speech
(c) dance
(d) sign a commitment

2. The narrator's need to give speeches is an example of what literary device?
(a) audio imagery
(b) suspense
(c) irony
(d) foreshadowing

3. The veteran doctor claims to have been beaten for what?
(a) getting drunk
(b) failing to fulfil his duty
(c) returning to the states
(d) saving a life

4. What mistake does the narrator make at Liberty Paints?
(a) He does not paint the sample correctly.
(b) He adds too much pigment to the paint
(c) He uses the wrong tank of paint
(d) He adds paint remover instead of the pigment to the paint

5. What procedure is performed on the narrator?
(a) castration
(b) both castration and a lobotomy
(c) mind control implants
(d) a prefrontal lobotomy

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following represents the narrator's philosophy?

2. Ellison's original story was written about which of the following?

3. What does the narrator want to do in Chapter 12?

4. When the narrator goes to see Mr. Emerson, who does he actually see?

5. What is the narrator afraid of losing?

(see the answer key)

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