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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?
(a) The Founder told Reverend Barbee that Bledsoe deserved the position.
(b) The Founder, with his dying breath, asked Bledsoe to continue in his leadership
(c) Dr. Bledsoe had performed favors for the Founder.
(d) The Founder and Bledsoe were related.

2. Why does Mr. Bledsoe compose his face into a bland mask?
(a) He doesn't want the narrator to realize how upset he is.
(b) He wants to see Mr. Norton's reaction before revealing his own feelings.
(c) He doesn't want Mr. Norton to know he is angry with the narrator.
(d) He wants to hide the fact that he is angry with Mr. Norton.

3. How does the vet react when Mr. Norton tries to explain his interest in the college?
(a) The vet mocks Mr. Norton.
(b) The vet accuses Mr. Norton of ulterior motives.
(c) The vet praises Mr. Norton.
(d) The vet accuses Mr. Norton of deception.

4. What had Mr. Trueblood done prior to his disgrace?
(a) He was a special singer at the college.
(b) He was an employee of the college.
(c) He had been involved in tutoring the black students.
(d) He was a guest lecturer

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator get past the drunken vet in the road?

3. The concept of the character as invisible is symbolic of which of the following conditions?

4. What do some of the black men carry?

5. What is the narrator afraid of losing?

(see the answer key)

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