Invisible Man

The “battle royal” where the black boys are made to fight with each other symbolizes:

• A. backwardness of southern blacks as compared with Northern blacks

• B. the way whites manipulate blacks by turning them against one another.

• C. the way things were in small southern towns 50 years ago

• D. the ancient African rituals for selecting a tribal chief

The narrator gets his identity in the first quarter of the novel by following the model of:

• A. the founder and Dr. Bledsoe

• B. his grandfather and Jim Trueblood

• C. Tod Clifton and Ras the Exhorter

• D. Mr. Norton and Mr. Emerson

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In light of the content of his speech, Reverend Barbee’s blindness is an example of:

• atmosphere

• allegory

• irony

• tone

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The narrator’s encounter on the street with Peter Wheatstraw:

• A. suggests the importance of forgetting the past

• B. provides him with a new job and place to live

• C. reminds him that his southern folk heritage is part of his identity

• D. reinforce the hopelessness of the black situation in New York

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The narrator’s experience at Liberty Paints suggests that:

• A. black labor was the foundation for America’s industrial strength

• B. whites use blacks to enhance their own superiority

• C. American businesses were opposed to unionization

• D. the narrator ought to work for a company owned by black people

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6. Mary Rambo’s iron minstrel bank, which the narrator breaks, symbolizes:

• A. the Southern ways he cannot escape

• B. wealth

• C. his need for a home

• D. the Brotherhood’s philosophy

7. The Brotherhood represents:

• A. white “do-gooders”

• B. the Communist Party

• C. prototype for the Black Panthers

• D. the brotherhood of man

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8. Brother Jack’s character is symbolized by his:

• A. leg shackle

• B. glass eye

• C. limp

• D. business suit

9. The member of the Brotherhood most faithful to the narrator and his work in Harlem is:

• A. Brother Wrestrum

• B. Brother Tobitt

• C. Brother Tarp

• D. Brother Hambro

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10. The Brotherhood is opposed to the narrator’s emotional and personal style of speaking because:

• A. they are afraid the crowds will get out of control

• B. it does not reflect their scientific, rational philosophy

• C. it makes the other speakers look bad

• D. it reveals the narrator’s lack of education

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