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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ellison, for what have African Americans historically had to fight?
(a) The right to fight
(b) Their freedoms
(c) The right for fair employment
(d) The right for education

2. The image of the slave owners bidding for a naked girl is
(a) a vison induced by marijuana
(b) a picture the narrator had seen in a book
(c) something the narrator recalls from his childhood
(d) something that happened to the narrator's father

3. How does the narrator's grandfather regard his own meekness?
(a) He considers himself a victim
(b) He considers himself a coward.
(c) He is proud of his choices.
(d) He considers himself a traitor.

4. What does Trueblood's story suggest about the white men at the jail house?
(a) They were angry and kept him in town as an example of how not to behave.
(b) They were horrified by his story and tried to get him to move.
(c) They secretly enjoyed hearing his story.
(d) They didn't believe his story.

5. What is Trueblood's explanation of the rape of his daughter?
(a) His wife forced him into it.
(b) He acted in a dream and didn't know what he was doing.
(c) He confused his wife with his daughter because they were all in the same bed.
(d) His daughter dliberately seduced him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What revelation does the "Tom Show" provide for Ellison?

2. Ellison's primary struggle in writing the book was

3. According to Ellison, which of the following is true during times of war?

4. What would the narrator like to add to his "hole"?

5. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?

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