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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 is ironic about the narrator's dance with Emma?
(a) He is the only black man she dances with at the party.
(b) The veteran doctor had predicted that the narrator would dance with a white woman.
(c) He had at first refused the offer to dance with her.
(d) She is the first white woman he ever danced with.

2. What assumption does Mary make regarding the source of the $100 given to her by the narrator?
(a) That he got it by playing the lottery
(b) That he was selling drugs
(c) That the Brotherhood gave it to him.
(d) That he earned it through employment

3. How does the narrator react to the dolls that are being sold by Clifton?
(a) He calls the police
(b) He purchases a doll
(c) He laughs at the dolls
(d) He spits on one of the dolls

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator wants to learn everything he can about the Brotherhood in order to

3. Through his experiences, what has the narrator learned to value?

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

5. What does Dupre want to do prior to starting the fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. The narrator says that he has learned that the lack of surprise is a warning. What does he mean?

2. Why is the narrator's work on the "woman question" cut short?

3. What is the primary problem with the instructions given to the narrator to gather more members?

4. Brother Jack refers to Clifton as Brutus? How does the metaphor fit the situation?

5. What is meant by "white fever"?

6. How do we know at this point that the lobotomy has not been completely successful in changing the narrator's personality?

7. What puzzling irony does the narrator tell us about the human race?

8. How does Emma's conversation create a sense of foreboding?

9. Why does the lady on the street become angry when he tries to put the figurine in the trash can?

10. What strikes the narrator as the profound truth about the riot?

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