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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the topic of the narrator's graduation day speech?
(a) Humilty
(b) Racial pride
(c) Courage
(d) Equality

4. How does the narrator excuse his lack of responsibility?
(a) Because he is invisible, he doesn't know what responsibility to take
(b) No one has ever given him responsibility
(c) Responsibility cannot happen without recognition
(d) The downtrodden should not be expected to assume responsibility

5. What does Dr. Bledsoe call the narrator?
(a) a liar
(b) a slave
(c) a traitor
(d) an educated fool

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ellison, which of the following is true during times of war?

2. Why does the narrator have difficulty getting along on his first two jobs?

3. What makes the narrator homesick when he first gets to New York?

4. What does the man in Emerson's office imply after reading the letter given him by the narrator?

5. The narrator believes the Brotherhood will destroy itself. Why?

(see the answer key)

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