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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the road in the college town ultimately lead?
(a) To a chapel
(b) To a mental institution
(c) To a statue
(d) To the college

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

3. What would the narrator like to add to his "hole"?
(a) a phonograph player
(b) a TV set
(c) four more radio-phonographs
(d) a kitchen

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

5. Bledsoe tells the narrator that he should not worry about
(a) acting like a fool
(b) pride and dignity
(c) being kicked out of school
(d) being punished

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the introduction of the novel written?

3. Why does the narrator feel disillusioned when looking at the picture of the Founder?

4. What is the narrator's explanation for taking Mr. Norton to the Golden Day?

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

(see the answer key)

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