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

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 Dr. Bledsoe
(b) The words of Saul and Paul
(c) The words of Frederick Douglass
(d) His grandfather's words

2. Why is the narrator unable to see his audience when he gives his speech at the arena?
(a) He is blinded by lights
(b) He has to speak from behind a curtain.
(c) The auditorium is too dim.
(d) They are too far away.

3. Through his experiences, what has the narrator learned to value?
(a) Independence
(b) Diversity
(c) power
(d) Unity

4. What is the narrator accused of when he tries to dispose of the figurine?
(a) drug dealing
(b) theft
(c) stupidity
(d) littering

5. How does the narrator get out of playing along in Sybil's rape fantasy?
(a) Explains that he cannot perform
(b) Tells her that he is being watched
(c) Drinks with her until she passes out
(d) Explains that his interest is political

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

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

8. Which of the following is true about the narrator's position within the Brotherhood?
(a) He is an accepted leader
(b) He has earned a lot of respect and status
(c) He is secretly admired
(d) He is actually powerless

9. What does the figurine symbolize?
(a) slavery
(b) money
(c) racism
(d) freedom

10. When is a person most invisible?
(a) When he simply accepts the rule of the group
(b) When he exists outside of history
(c) When he refuses to mingle with the group
(d) When his social group decides to ignore him.

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

12. The narrator's anger is primarily focuses against
(a) Mr. Norton
(b) The Founder
(c) Dr. Bledsoe
(d) Himself

13. The narrator wants Clifton's funeral to focus on which of the following?
(a) what his loss will mean to the Brotherhood
(b) His accomplishments as part of the Brotherhood
(c) The acts that led to his death
(d) The meaning of his life

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

15. What kind of day is it on the day of Clifton's funeral?
(a) Cold and windy
(b) Hot and humid
(c) Cold and rainy
(d) warm and exhilarating

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator remain in his hole for a long while?

2. What realization does the narrator have in Chapter 21?

3. Why is the narrator unable to say much about Clifton?

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

5. With what animal does the narrator compare Brother Jack?

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