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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What revelation does the "Tom Show" provide for Ellison?
(a) It convinces him that history will be repeated
(b) It convinces him that history cannot be changed.
(c) It reveals the futility of fighting agains the majority.
(d) It shows him that history is a part of the present

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

3. How does the narrator excuse his lack of responsibility?
(a) Because he is invisible, he doesn't know what responsibility to take
(b) No one has ever given him responsibility
(c) Responsibility cannot happen without recognition
(d) The downtrodden should not be expected to assume responsibility

4. Ellison himself was a member of which branch of the military?
(a) airforce
(b) Merchant Marines
(c) army
(d) navy

5. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?
(a) It is in a basement
(b) It is filled with over 1300 light bulbs
(c) It is a white apartment house
(d) It is free

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistake does the narrator make at Liberty Paints?

2. What kind of speeches has the narrator given from the stage in the chapel?

3. What, ironically, makes the narrator's white bosses distrustful of him?

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

5. The veteran doctor claims to have been beaten for what?

(see the answer key)

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