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

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

3. The main conflict of Ellison's original story revolves around
(a) problems associated with war
(b) imperialism
(c) racial tension
(d) national poverty

4. According to the vet, who controls "things"?
(a) rich people
(b) white people
(c) black people
(d) white, upper-class males

5. What do some of the black men carry?
(a) shackles
(b) pouches strapped to their wrists
(c) brief cases
(d) radios

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator afraid of losing?

2. The narrator's pondering of his upcoming punishment is an example of what literary device?

3. Why does the narrator have difficulty getting along on his first two jobs?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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