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