Second Term SS 2 Literature in English
  • 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) Theft
B) Greed
C) Incest
D) Murder
  • 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) The narrator
B) Brother Wrestrum
C) Brother Hambro
D) Ras the Exhorter
  • 5. When the narrator smashes a racially offensive coin bank, where does he stash the pieces?
A) In his briefcase
B) In his safe-deposit box
C) In an underground vault
D) In a well
  • 6. Which member of the Brotherhood offers the narrator a place in the organization?
A) Brother Jack
B) Brother Tarp
C) Brother Clifton
D) Brother Wrestrum
  • 7. How many light bulbs does the narrator have burning in his underground room?
A) 1,603
B) 1,492
C) 1,863
D) 1,369
  • 8. What is Ellison’s attitude toward Booker T. Washington’s philosophy of race relations?
A) He rejects it fiercely and repeatedly.
B) He embraces it wholeheartedly.
C) He advocates it with some reservations.
D) He rejects it fiercely and repeatedly.
  • 9. Why is the narrator expelled from college?
A) For punching a white man who taunted him
B) For cheating on his chemistry test
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 Jack
B) Brother Wrestrum
C) Brother Clifton
D) Brother Tarp
  • 11. Which woman allows the narrator to stay at her house for free?
A) Sylvia
B) Juanita
C) Mary
D) Emma
  • 12. Who killed Tod Clifton?
A) The police
B) Ras
C) The Brotherhood’s henchmen
D) The narrator
  • 13. Where was Ralph Ellison born?
A) Mobile, AL
B) Oklahoma City, OK
C) New York City, NY
D) Boston, MA
  • 14. At the narrator’s college, what covers the statue of the Founder?
A) Sunlight
B) Gold
C) Tree sap
D) Bird droppings
  • 15. What is the best-selling color at Liberty Paints?
A) Burnt Sienna
B) Blood Red
C) Regal Blue
D) Optic White
  • 16. What sort of accent does Ras the Exhorter have?
A) Bostonian
B) Southern
C) French
D) West Indian
  • 17. What color is Brother Jack’s hair?
A) Gray
B) Brown
C) Brown
D) Red
  • 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 coins and bills are glued to the rug.
C) The rug is electrified.
D) They are wearing blindfolds and thus cannot see.
  • 19. How does Dr. Bledsoe betray the narrator?
A) By arranging to have him fired from Liberty Paints
B) By telling the Brotherhood about the narrator’s eulogy for Clifton
C) By seducing Alice
D) By giving him letters of condemnation instead of recommendation
  • 20. Invisible Man refers directly to the identity of which character?
A) NARRATOR
B) JACK
C) DR. BLEDSOE
D) SOCIETY
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