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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the paint symbolic?
(a) It symbolizes work and success
(b) It is white, reminding the narrator of the slogan, Keep America Pure with Liberty Paints.
(c) It symbolizes society's ability to cover evils
(d) It symbolizes purity and correctness

2. According to Ellison, which of the following is true during times of war?
(a) African American soldiers are valued less than white soldiers.
(b) African American soldiers have greater stature than white soldiers
(c) African American soldiers are considered heros by other nationalities
(d) African American soldiers and white soldiers are equal.

3. Who had predicted the narrator's relationship with the white woman?
(a) Brother Jack
(b) Brother Hambro
(c) Dr. Bledsoe
(d) The veteran doctor at the Golden Day

4. Where does the narrator find himself in chapter 11?
(a) a hospital
(b) a prison
(c) a mental ward
(d) the factory hospital

5. What does the narrator notice about the whites in the city?
(a) The hardly seem to notice him.
(b) They appear to be making fun of him.
(c) They are very nice to him.
(d) They are rude to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the cord in chapter 11 symbolize?

2. What fault does Emma find with the narrator?

3. What kind of speeches has the narrator given from the stage in the chapel?

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

5. To what does Ras the Exhorter primarily object?

(see the answer key)

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