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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose words does the narrator contemplate as proof that he can have two identities and still be successful?
(a) The words of Frederick Douglass
(b) The words of Dr. Bledsoe
(c) His grandfather's words
(d) The words of Saul and Paul

2. What does the narrator see as he is watching people leave the chapel?
(a) Dr. Bledsoe's cadillac
(b) Mr. Trueblood's car
(c) The veteran doctor
(d) Mr. Norton's car

3. What is ironic about Trueblood's situation?
(a) The college wants him to leave.
(b) The college wants him to stay around.
(c) Other men have done the same thing.
(d) He receives charity from the whites.

4. Upon the narrator's return to Harlem, he learns which of the following individuals has disappeared from the Brotherhood?
(a) Brother Jack
(b) Brother Westrum
(c) Brother Hambro
(d) Brother Clifton

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. How does the narrator regard Mr. Bledsoe?

2. The main conflict of Ellison's original story revolves around

3. What does the narrator discuss with the woman in his dream?

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

5. What horrifying sight does the narrator see as he flees the riot?

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