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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 will be repeated
(c) It convinces him that history cannot be changed.
(d) It shows him that history is a part of the present

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

3. What realization does the narrator have in Chapter 21?
(a) That the Brotherhood has its own agenda
(b) That the Brotherhood is just using him.
(c) That the members of the crowd are individuals
(d) That the Brotherhood does not really care about people

4. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?
(a) So the narrator will return to the Golden Day
(b) So the narrator will take up the cause of the vets
(c) So the narrator will not become another casualty
(d) So the narrator will persuade Mr. Norton to give a donation

5. How does the narrator describe the students as they enter the chapel?
(a) They enter the chapel joyfully.
(b) They enter the chapel with resentment and fear.
(c) They enter with the love a captured people has for their conquerors.
(d) They enter with dread and hesitation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What awakens the narrator in Chapter 15?

3. What does the narrator feel was his primary fault 20 years earlier?

4. What does Dr. Bledsoe call the narrator?

5. Why does Mary Rambo want to take the narrator home?

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