Invisible Man Quizzes

Invisible Man Quiz 1

1 Invisible Man refers directly to the identity of which character?
the narrator

Jack

Dr. Bledsoe

society
2 What do the gold coins the boys must scramble for at the battle royal turn out to be?
brass pocket tokens

pennies

chocolate candies

wooden coins
3 Where is the narrator asked to give his high school graduation speech?
town hall

ballroom of the leading hotel

town¹s most expensive restaurant

leading men's fraternity
4 Who must the narrator fight one on one at the battle royal?
Jack

the M.C.

Tatlock

Big John
5 Whose words "Keep This Nigger-Boy Running" haunt the narrator?
Mr. Norton

his grandfather

Tatlock

his father
6 What is the name of the brothel/gambling joint to which the narrator brings Mr. Norton?
Happy Day

Golden Hour

Halley's Place

Golden Day
7 What must the narrator attend before he can hear Dr. Bledsoe's punishment?
afternoon tea

classes

chapel

college parade
8 The narrator realizes that the Reverend Barbee is ____ only after he gives his rousing oration and goes to sit down.
black

blind

deaf

in a wheelchair
9 After leaving the college, the narrator is sent to which city?
Atlanta

London

Washington D.C.

New York
10 Once there, he resides first in which establishment?
Men's House

YMCA

Mary's house

St. Paul's boarding house
11 The narrator hands out each of his letters from Dr. Bledsoe except the one addressed to ____ because he is out of town.
Mr. Bates

Mr. Smith

Mr. Emerson

Mr. Norton
12 Instead, the last letter is opened by whom?
Mr. Emerson's son

no one

the receptionist

the narrator
13 The narrator's first job in New York is for which company?
Monopolated Light & Power

Optic Pants

the Brotherhood

Liberty Paints
14 Which of the following men were NOT one of the narrator's supervisors at the plant?
Washington

MacDuffy

Brockway

Kimbro
15 Who claims to have come up with the slogan "If It's Optic White, It's the Right White"?
the chairman

Brockway

the narrator

Old Man Sparland
16 Why have the blacks at the narrator¹s college recently shun Jim Trueblood?
He is a bad farmer

He has cheated on his wife with a white woman from town

He has impregnated both his daughter and wife

He talks with Mr. Norton
17 Ras feels most betrayed by _____ because, as Ras explains, ____ could have been his African king.
Rinehart

Jack

the narrator

Tod Clifton
18 The Sambo image surfaces in each of the following situations EXCEPT
Mary's Americana bank

Blue the zoot-suiter

Clifton's dancing doll

the battle royal
19 Why does the narrator learn to understand Rinehart to be both rind and heart?
Rinehart's deceit of the people he knows allows him to play many roles, ranging from reverend to gambler to lover

Hambro explains the Brotherhood's new program to the narrator as like Rinehart, tough at first but compassionate on the inside

Rinehart's charitable contribution to the Abyssinian church does not mesh with his zoot-suit image

Rinehart's role in the Brotherhood allows him to show brute strength and compassion
20 Ras the Exhorter becomes Ras the ______.
Terminator

Heartbreaker

Executioner

Destroyer
21 The narrator writes_____ in lipstick on Sybil's stomach.
I love you

Sybil, you were raped by Santa Claus Surprise

HAHAHA You've been tricked by a member of the Brotherhood

Last chance to escape the evils of society
22 What ideology does NOT factor into the identity of the Brotherhood?
nihilism

materialism

scientific rationalism

realism
23 Who, in a drunken stupor, begins calling the narrator "Boo'ful"?
his grandfather

Sybil

Tod Clifton

Emma
24 What is the Americana Negro bank at Mary's house symbolic of?
Sybil's rape

the paradox of Rinehart

communism

the narrator's state
25 What symbolic significance does the burning of the documents in the narrator's briefcase represent?
none

the narrator's reentry to the visible world

the purging of the narrator's past bondage

the redemption of Clifton's spirit

Who knows about invisibility and who does not know about invisibility?

Everyone learns that the Invisible Man is invisible over the course of the novel..... are you referring to a specific chapter?

Asked by london f #797363

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/25/2018 6:21 PM

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Identify the relationship between the narrator and his grandfather?

The character who most fills the narrator's thoughts and fuels his fears throughout the novel is his dead grandfather. Dying with bitter words on his lips, the narrator feels his grandfather has never understood humanity but cannot help but be...

Asked by ayumi j #484252

Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/29/2023 1:03 PM

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Photos or illustrations in the book

Are you referring to the Invisible man by Ralph Ellison or HG Wells?

Asked by Michael J #1317619

Answered by Aslan on 8/24/2023 7:29 PM

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