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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Mr. Trueblood done prior to his disgrace?
(a) He was a special singer at the college.
(b) He was an employee of the college.
(c) He had been involved in tutoring the black students.
(d) He was a guest lecturer

2. What does the moon symbolize?
(a) The eye of God
(b) An eye that sees only what it chooses.
(c) Intellectual vision that is defective
(d) The vision of those in power.

3. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?
(a) It is free
(b) It is filled with over 1300 light bulbs
(c) It is a white apartment house
(d) It is in a basement

4. How do the boys react to the naked girl?
(a) They are amused
(b) They become angry.
(c) They are embarrassed.
(d) They are fascinated.

5. The narrator considers himself an invisible man because ____________________.
(a) people can't see him
(b) people don't understand him
(c) people subconsciously ignore him
(d) people refuse to see him with their inner eyes

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's explanation for taking Mr. Norton to the Golden Day?

2. According to Mr. Brockway, what happened when the company tried to replace him?

3. Of what does the vet accuse Mr. Norton?

4. What two groups of people must pay the price for being irresponsible?

5. What is ironic about Trueblood's situation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellison mean by "benign neglect"?

2. What does the narrator notice while waiting for his appointment with the trustees?

3. What does Mary Rambo want the narrator to do?

4. What surprises the narrator upon his arrival in Harlem?

5. What does the veteran at the Golden Day understand that the narrator does not?

6. Why do the grandfather's dying words make the narrator feel guilty about receiving praise?

7. What final action does the hospital take to ensure the narrator's silence?

8. What literary device is used in Chapter 4?

9. What does the narrator expect from his visit with Mr. Bates?

10. Why does the trip to the Trueblood house make the narrator feel uncomfortable?

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