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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What truth about the Brotherhood does the narrator realize in Chapter 20?
(a) That the Brotherhood is about to disappear
(b) That great strides have already been made
(c) That their efforts are unappreciated
(d) That very little has been accomplished

2. What does Brother Tod Clifton do?
(a) He is a fanatic ideologies who teaches newcomers.
(b) He is a minister
(c) He is a black nationalist
(d) lead the youth of the Brotherhood

3. What surprising development does the narrator experience when he attends a committee meeting?
(a) He is refused admission
(b) He is ordered to sever his membership
(c) He is accused of betrayal
(d) He is urged to speak

4. Which of the following two concepts, in combination, does Ellison see as a "raft of hope."
(a) art and democracy
(b) democracy and truth
(c) equality and art
(d) compassion and equality

5. What unexpected sight does the narrator see in New York?
(a) people from many nationalities
(b) many black people
(c) half-naked white women
(d) many policemen

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose words does the narrator contemplate as proof that he can have two identities and still be successful?

2. How does the narrator's grandfather regard his own meekness?

3. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?

4. How does the narrator describe the students as they enter the chapel?

5. Where does the narrator find himself in chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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