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