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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What bit of advice from the young Mr. Emerson does the narrator actually heed?
(a) to call Liberty Paints and ask for a job
(b) to forget about Mr. Bledsoe
(c) to return to the college
(d) to realize that he has no identity

3. What is the real purpose of the Reverend's speech?
(a) To indoctrinate the students regarding the religion of the college.
(b) To help the students appreciate the Founder's real sacrifice
(c) To create a sense of awe in relation to Dr. Bledsoe
(d) To help the students understand how important the college is to the black community.

4. How did the narrator get invited to participate in the Battle Royal?
(a) He thought it was part of the award.
(b) He volunteered because it looked interesting.
(c) He happened to be at the hotel to give a speech to white men.
(d) The people who arranged the speech planned to include him.

5. What mistake does the narrator make at Liberty Paints?
(a) He adds too much pigment to the paint
(b) He adds paint remover instead of the pigment to the paint
(c) He uses the wrong tank of paint
(d) He does not paint the sample correctly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?

2. Ellison's original story was written about which of the following?

3. How does the narrator regard Mr. Bledsoe?

4. What is the vet's final advice to the narrator?

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

(see the answer key)

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