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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator's meeting with Sybil backfire?
(a) He pretends he is trying to seduce her, but she doesn't resist.
(b) She has no clue regarding the political purpose of the Brotherhood
(c) She wants to help him, but expects to share in his success
(d) She is planning to tell Jack about his actions

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

3. What makes the narrator homesick when he first gets to New York?
(a) the letters he carries
(b) a Gideon Bible
(c) the sight of other black people
(d) a message from Mr. Norton

4. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?
(a) So the narrator will not become another casualty
(b) So the narrator will take up the cause of the vets
(c) So the narrator will persuade Mr. Norton to give a donation
(d) So the narrator will return to the Golden Day

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the audience react to the narrator's speech?

2. What does the narrator purchase in Chapter 13 that reminds him of home?

3. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?

4. In addition to his memories, what else has the narrator lost?

5. What revelation does the "Tom Show" provide for Ellison?

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