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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator's need to give speeches is an example of what literary device?
(a) suspense
(b) irony
(c) audio imagery
(d) foreshadowing

2. Why does Mary Rambo want to take the narrator home?
(a) She needs the company
(b) She is in love with him
(c) To take advantage of him
(d) To take care of him

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

4. When the woman says the narrator's voice is "primitive," she actually intends the statement as
(a) a compliment
(b) a gesture of seduction
(c) an insult
(d) a word of advice

5. What is the real purpose of the Reverend's speech?
(a) To indoctrinate the students regarding the religion of the college.
(b) To help the students understand how important the college is to the black community.
(c) To help the students appreciate the Founder's real sacrifice
(d) To create a sense of awe in relation to Dr. Bledsoe

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the narrator think that his night with the white woman was a trap?

2. What does the narrator discover when he gets to the woman's apartment?

3. Upon the narrator's return to Harlem, he learns which of the following individuals has disappeared from the Brotherhood?

4. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?

5. Why does the narrator dump slush on a man's head?

(see the answer key)

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