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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the symbolic association of the arena in Chapter 16?
(a) a crooked politician had been exposed
(b) a famous boxer lost his sight
(c) people of both colors gather there
(d) a famous black speaker was killed there

2. The narrator becomes dizzy at the thought that true saviors might actually be where?
(a) outside history
(b) crippled within the limits of organizations
(c) disguised in the literature books
(d) in the history books

3. Where does Bledsoe tell the narrator to go?
(a) to Mr. Norton
(b) back to the dormatory
(c) New York
(d) back to the Golden Day for the name of the doctor

4. What horrifying sight does the narrator see as he flees the riot?
(a) The body of Sybil
(b) The destruction of his membership
(c) Seven naked manniquins hanging over the street
(d) The slaughter of blacks by the police

5. Why was Brother Tarp on a chain gang?
(a) Because he had betrayed his people
(b) Because he had betrayed his white master
(c) Because he had lied to white people
(d) Because he had dared to say the word no.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Mr. Trueblood done prior to his disgrace?

2. What is happening in Harlem?

3. How is the paint symbolic?

4. Why does the narrator consider his funeral speech a failure?

5. According to Mr. Brockway, what happened when the company tried to replace him?

(see the answer key)

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