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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, why is Mary cooking cabbage?
(a) It's a reminder of the south
(b) She thinks it will please the narrator.
(c) The narrator has asked for it.
(d) It's all she can afford

2. Where does Brother Jack send the narrator at the end of the meeting?
(a) Back to his apartment at the men's center
(b) to meet with Westrum
(c) Back to addressing the woman questions
(d) Back to Brother Hambro for more indoctrination sessions

3. What makes the narrator think that his night with the white woman was a trap?
(a) The Brotherhood is mysteriously silent regarding his activities
(b) He dimly remembers the appearance of another man
(c) Other women seem to want to
(d) The woman does not want him to return

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

5. Why does the narrator run after making his speech on behalf of the elderly couple?
(a) A white girl tells him to run, and he obeys even though he isn't exactly sure why.
(b) He thinks the crowd is after him.
(c) He sees the police coming and thinks they are after him.
(d) He doesn't want to be confronted for making a speech.

6. What realization does the narrator have in Chapter 21?
(a) That the Brotherhood is just using him.
(b) That the Brotherhood has its own agenda
(c) That the members of the crowd are individuals
(d) That the Brotherhood does not really care about people

7. What is in the narrator's briefcase?
(a) his green spectacles
(b) his cash
(c) a white hat
(d) Mary's bank

8. Why is Brother Westrum opposed to the piece of chain on the narrator's desk?
(a) Because it is a reminder of slavery
(b) Because it shows a tendency to cling to the past
(c) Because it symbolically denies the possibility of equality
(d) Because it shows difference instead of unity

9. What is happening in Harlem?
(a) The Brotherhood has taken over.
(b) The police have taken over.
(c) The community is in a riot
(d) The people have burned down the district office

10. What object does Mary own that the narrator finds offensive?
(a) a distorted figurine of a black leader
(b) a bank in the shape of a black figurine
(c) a figurine of a white leader
(d) a mask used in black rituals

11. The narrator has learned that a person must approach the world with
(a) Both love and hate
(b) subtlety and reserve
(c) determination and courage
(d) intelligence and ingenuity

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

13. After whom does the narrator say he wants to pattern himself?
(a) Booker T Washington
(b) Mr. Norton
(c) Dr, Bledsoe
(d) The Founder

14. What does the narrator discover about Jack?
(a) That Jack had actually written the earlier threatening letter.
(b) That Jack had left the Brotherhod
(c) That Jack had betrayed the Brotherhood
(d) That Jack had been killed

15. What is it that people like Jack, Bledsoe and Norton have refused to do?
(a) Recognize the American identity of all of her people
(b) Recognize the importance of each individual
(c) Recognize equality among all individuals
(d) Recognize the uncontrollable power of a group

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does the Brotherhood claim to work?

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

3. What truth does the narrator discover about Brother Jack?

4. What truth is revealed about the Brotherhood in Chapter 22?

5. How does the narrator's meeting with Sybil backfire?

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