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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 the narrator credit for his "call to action"?
(a) the girl in his dream
(b) marijuana
(c) music
(d) his vision

2. The veteran doctor claims to have been beaten for what?
(a) returning to the states
(b) getting drunk
(c) saving a life
(d) failing to fulfil his duty

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

4. What truth does the vet tell to the narrator that the narrator does not yet understand?
(a) That the white men are trying to destroy him
(b) That he should not be afraid of white men
(c) That he is doomed to failure
(d) That he is invisible

5. The narrator considers himself an invisible man because ____________________.
(a) people subconsciously ignore him
(b) people don't understand him
(c) people refuse to see him with their inner eyes
(d) people can't see him

Short Answer Questions

1. The main conflict of Ellison's original story revolves around

2. The image of the slave owners bidding for a naked girl is

3. What group of society is represented by the white men at the Battle Royal?

4. Where was the novel written?

5. How does the narrator describe the students as they enter the chapel?

(see the answer key)

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