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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the vet's final advice to the narrator?
(a) Watch for opportunities to get close to people like Norton
(b) Stay away from people like Mr. Norton
(c) Defy people like Norton
(d) Find ways to manipulate people like Norton

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

3. How does the narrator describe the students as they enter the chapel?
(a) They enter with the love a captured people has for their conquerors.
(b) They enter the chapel with resentment and fear.
(c) They enter the chapel joyfully.
(d) They enter with dread and hesitation.

4. What is the narrator's explanation for taking Mr. Norton to the Golden Day?
(a) Mr. Norton was driving
(b) The car was out of gas.
(c) Mr. Norton ordered him to go there
(d) He thought he could get medical help there

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the boys react to the naked girl?

2. What was the topic of the narrator's graduation day speech?

3. According to Ellison, which of the following is important for perseverance?

4. What makes the narrator homesick when he first gets to New York?

5. According to Mr. Brockway, what happened when the company tried to replace him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Bledsoe mean by "acting the nigger."

2. What lie does Dr. Bledsoe expect the narrator to tell?

3. What does Ellison mean when he says that for African Americans, all wars are "wars within wars."

4. Of what "irresponsibility" are sleepwalkers and dreamers accused?

5. What is the objective of Rev. Barbee's sermon?

6. How was the narrator's graduation speech a betrayal of black people?

7. What mistake does the veteran doctor predict the narrator will make?

8. Why do the grandfather's dying words make the narrator feel guilty about receiving praise?

9. Why does the drug store have the pork chop and grits special?

10. What literary device is used in Chapter 4?

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