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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Norton give to Trueblood?
(a) A hundred dollar bill
(b) A lecture on morality
(c) Nothing
(d) A bottle of whiskey

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

3. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?
(a) Reverend Barbee is blind.
(b) Someone distracts Reverend Barbee
(c) Reverend Barbee isn't watching where he is going.
(d) Dr. Bledsoe forgets to pull his legs back

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?

2. According to Ellison, which of the following is important for perseverance?

3. The narrator considers himself an invisible man because ____________________.

4. What had Mr. Trueblood done prior to his disgrace?

5. What does the narrator discuss with the woman in his dream?

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