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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The dark tunnel is symbolic of the narrator's
(a) lack of understanding about culture and society as a whole
(b) lack of knowledge about himself
(c) invisible nature in relation to white people
(d) unwillingness to face the truth

2. After whom does the narrator say he wants to pattern himself?
(a) The Founder
(b) Mr. Norton
(c) Booker T Washington
(d) Dr, Bledsoe

3. What does the doctor mean when he says they "picked poor robin clean"?
(a) They have eliminated any possibility of getting a job.
(b) They have completely destroyed the narrator's memories
(c) They have taken all the narrator's money.
(d) They have damaged the narrator's personality

4. In spite of losing his identity, what does the narrator retain?
(a) a desire for revenge
(b) the memory of Mr. Norton
(c) an urgency to find a job
(d) his naive outlook on life

5. Of what do the men in the bar in Chapter 20 accuse the narrator?
(a) of betraying the Brotherhood
(b) of forgetting his
(c) Of getting White Fever
(d) of neglecting his duties

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator credit for his "call to action"?

2. Why is the narrator unable to see his audience when he gives his speech at the arena?

3. What does the narrator fear is the reason for his inability to get an appointment with the trustees?

4. To what does Ras the Exhorter primarily object?

5. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?

(see the answer key)

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