Second Term SS 2 Literature in English - Quiz
  • 1. From what company does the narrator steal electricity?
A) The New York Energy Authority
B) Monopolated Light & Power
C) The Standardized Light & Power Co.
D) Pacific Gas
  • 2. Of what sin is Jim Trueblood guilty?
A) Murder
B) Theft
C) Greed
D) Incest
  • 3. What food makes the narrator think of the South?
A) Okra
B) Jambalaya
C) Yams
D) Peanut butter
  • 4. Who incites the riot in Harlem?
A) Brother Hambro
B) The narrator
C) Brother Wrestrum
D) Ras the Exhorter
  • 5. When the narrator smashes a racially offensive coin bank, where does he stash the pieces?
A) In an underground vault
B) In his safe-deposit box
C) In a well
D) In his briefcase
  • 6. Which member of the Brotherhood offers the narrator a place in the organization?
A) Brother Wrestrum
B) Brother Clifton
C) Brother Tarp
D) Brother Jack
  • 7. How many light bulbs does the narrator have burning in his underground room?
A) 1,492
B) 1,603
C) 1,369
D) 1,863
  • 8. What is Ellison’s attitude toward Booker T. Washington’s philosophy of race relations?
A) He rejects it fiercely and repeatedly.
B) He advocates it with some reservations.
C) He embraces it wholeheartedly.
D) He rejects it fiercely and repeatedly.
  • 9. Why is the narrator expelled from college?
A) For cheating on his chemistry test
B) For punching a white man who taunted him
C) For taking one of the founders to a nearby black tavern
D) For his heavy marijuana use
  • 10. Which of the following characters sells racially offensive dolls?
A) Brother Wrestrum
B) Brother Clifton
C) Brother Tarp
D) Brother Jack
  • 11. Which woman allows the narrator to stay at her house for free?
A) Sylvia
B) Mary
C) Emma
D) Juanita
  • 12. Who killed Tod Clifton?
A) The Brotherhood’s henchmen
B) The police
C) The narrator
D) Ras
  • 13. Where was Ralph Ellison born?
A) New York City, NY
B) Oklahoma City, OK
C) Mobile, AL
D) Boston, MA
  • 14. At the narrator’s college, what covers the statue of the Founder?
A) Tree sap
B) Gold
C) Sunlight
D) Bird droppings
  • 15. What is the best-selling color at Liberty Paints?
A) Burnt Sienna
B) Optic White
C) Regal Blue
D) Blood Red
  • 16. What sort of accent does Ras the Exhorter have?
A) West Indian
B) Southern
C) French
D) Bostonian
  • 17. What color is Brother Jack’s hair?
A) Red
B) Brown
C) Gray
D) Brown
  • 18. What hinders the narrator and the other boys from collecting the money off of the rug after the “battle royal”?
A) The rug is guarded by white men with guns.
B) The rug is electrified.
C) They are wearing blindfolds and thus cannot see.
D) The coins and bills are glued to the rug.
  • 19. How does Dr. Bledsoe betray the narrator?
A) By telling the Brotherhood about the narrator’s eulogy for Clifton
B) By seducing Alice
C) By arranging to have him fired from Liberty Paints
D) By giving him letters of condemnation instead of recommendation
  • 20. Invisible Man refers directly to the identity of which character?
A) DR. BLEDSOE
B) SOCIETY
C) JACK
D) NARRATOR
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