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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is in the narrator's briefcase?
(a) his green spectacles
(b) a white hat
(c) Mary's bank
(d) his cash
2. What does the unnamed man at the party ask the narrator to do?
(a) sign a commitment
(b) give a speech
(c) sing a spiritual
(d) dance
3. Of what do the men in the bar in Chapter 20 accuse the narrator?
(a) of neglecting his duties
(b) of betraying the Brotherhood
(c) Of getting White Fever
(d) of forgetting his
4. For whom does the Brotherhood claim to work?
(a) Black people
(b) all people
(c) Those of their own party
(d) White people
5. The narrator wants to learn everything he can about the Brotherhood in order to
(a) Use it to create equality for black people
(b) Use it as a means to get even with Bledsoe
(c) Use it to restore those who have been dispossessed
(d) Use it to achieve power for himself
6. 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 equality among all individuals
(c) Recognize the uncontrollable power of a group
(d) Recognize the importance of each individual
7. The narrator becomes dizzy at the thought that true saviors might actually be where?
(a) disguised in the literature books
(b) crippled within the limits of organizations
(c) outside history
(d) in the history books
8. The narrator has learned that a person must approach the world with
(a) subtlety and reserve
(b) intelligence and ingenuity
(c) determination and courage
(d) Both love and hate
9. What awakens the narrator in Chapter 15?
(a) The sound of people talking.
(b) Someone pounding at the door.
(c) People banging on the steam line because there is no heat.
(d) The smell of breakfast cooking.
10. Which of the following is true about the narrator's position within the Brotherhood?
(a) He is secretly admired
(b) He has earned a lot of respect and status
(c) He is actually powerless
(d) He is an accepted leader
11. Why does the narrator decide against using Emma in his plans?
(a) She would probably not be willing to go against the party
(b) She is too knowledgable in the art of intrigue and would figure out what he was doing
(c) She was too close to Jack
(d) She has her own agenda
12. Through his experiences, what has the narrator learned to value?
(a) Independence
(b) Unity
(c) Diversity
(d) power
13. What assumption does Mary make regarding the source of the $100 given to her by the narrator?
(a) That the Brotherhood gave it to him.
(b) That he was selling drugs
(c) That he earned it through employment
(d) That he got it by playing the lottery
14. How does the Brotherhood regard Clifton?
(a) As a traitor
(b) As a martyr
(c) As a faceless member
(d) As a hero
15. How is the narrator's preparations for the evening with Sybil ironic?
(a) He tries to copy Rinehart whom he has never actually seen.
(b) Sybil had already made her own preparations
(c) Sybil would be useless to him.
(d) The evening would be a disaster anyway
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose words does the narrator contemplate as proof that he can have two identities and still be successful?
2. Why does the narrator run after making his speech on behalf of the elderly couple?
3. Why does the narrator go to the white woman's apartment in Chapter 19?
4. How does the narrator portray himself at the end of Chapter 22?
5. The narrator believes the Brotherhood will destroy itself. Why?
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