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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?
(a) The Founder told Reverend Barbee that Bledsoe deserved the position.
(b) The Founder, with his dying breath, asked Bledsoe to continue in his leadership
(c) The Founder and Bledsoe were related.
(d) Dr. Bledsoe had performed favors for the Founder.

2. According to Ellison, which of the following is important for perseverance?
(a) laughter
(b) determination
(c) courage
(d) tolerance

3. To what does Ras the Exhorter primarily object?
(a) The mixing of black and white
(b) Clifton's methods of leading the youth
(c) The idea of a black man speaking out for white people
(d) The narrator's street corner approach

4. When was the introduction of the novel written?
(a) 30 years after the text itself
(b) Before the text of the story
(c) Immediately after finishing the story.
(d) Sporadically during the writing of the story

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true about the narrator's position within the Brotherhood?

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

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

4. What realization does the narrator have in Chapter 21?

5. Where does Bledsoe tell the narrator to go?

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