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

2. When the woman says the narrator's voice is "primitive," she actually intends the statement as
(a) a compliment
(b) a gesture of seduction
(c) an insult
(d) a word of advice

3. What truth about the Brotherhood does the narrator realize in Chapter 20?
(a) That their efforts are unappreciated
(b) That the Brotherhood is about to disappear
(c) That very little has been accomplished
(d) That great strides have already been made

4. What does the narrator spontaneously decide to buy?
(a) a new suit
(b) a pair of new shoes
(c) a black dancing doll
(d) a newspaper in hopes that it will explain recent events

5. What mistake does the narrator make at Liberty Paints?
(a) He adds too much pigment to the paint
(b) He uses the wrong tank of paint
(c) He adds paint remover instead of the pigment to the paint
(d) He does not paint the sample correctly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Westrum use as evidence that the narrator is only trying to promote himself?

2. To what does Ras the Exhorter primarily object?

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

4. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?

5. The image of the slave owners bidding for a naked girl is

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