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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. The narrator considers himself an invisible man because ____________________.
(a) people don't understand him
(b) people can't see him
(c) people refuse to see him with their inner eyes
(d) people subconsciously ignore him
2. Where was the novel written?
(a) Harlem
(b) Vermont
(c) Georgia
(d) New York
3. How do the boys react to the naked girl?
(a) They become angry.
(b) They are embarrassed.
(c) They are fascinated.
(d) They are amused
4. The narrator's need to give speeches is an example of what literary device?
(a) suspense
(b) audio imagery
(c) foreshadowing
(d) irony
5. What, ironically, makes the narrator's white bosses distrustful of him?
(a) his lack of experience
(b) his background and education
(c) his color
(d) his attitude
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Mary Rambo want to take the narrator home?
2. According to Mr. Brockway, what happened when the company tried to replace him?
3. What group of society is represented by the white men at the Battle Royal?
4. How is the paint symbolic?
5. What is the narrator's explanation for taking Mr. Norton to the Golden Day?
Short Essay Questions
1. What final action does the hospital take to ensure the narrator's silence?
2. How does the setting in chapter 5 provide additional foreshadowing?
3. Why do the people at the Men's House treat him with hostility?
4. Of what "irresponsibility" are sleepwalkers and dreamers accused?
5. Explain the irony of the sign "Keep American Pure with Liberty Paints."
6. To what kind of action has music called the narrator?
7. What does the veteran at the Golden Day understand that the narrator does not?
8. What does Mary Rambo want the narrator to do?
9. What does Ellison mean by "benign neglect"?
10. How has the narrator ended up in the factory hospital? How is he being treated once he gets there?
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