Invisible Man

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

• backwardness of southern blacks as compared with Northern blacks

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

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

• 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

• the founder and Dr. Bledsoe

• his grandfather and Jim Trueblood

• Tod Clifton and Ras the Exhorter

• Mr. Norton and Mr. Emerson

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

• irony

• allegory

• tone

• atmosphere

The narrator’s encounter on the street with Peter Wheatstraw

• suggests the importance of forgetting the past

• provides him with a new job and place to live

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

• reinforce the hopelessness of the black situation in New York

Invisible Man can be best described as

• a coming of age story of a black man's search for identity and visibility in white America

• a coming of age story of a black man's search for peaceful coexistence in white America

• a coming of age story of a black man's search for power by any means necessary

• a coming of age story of a black man's search for anonymity in white America

The action of Invisible Man spans about __________ years.

• 5

• 10

• 20

• 30

Prologue - Why would the narrator be obsessed with light?

• to take as much as possible from the white power structure of Monopolated Light and Power

• to validate his existence

• to highlight his life

Chapter 1 - the battle royal symbolizes

• the theme of the sexualized male and female

• the theme of struggle among blacks for an elusive prize

• the theme of violence and its pervasive nature

The narrator’s experience at Liberty Paints suggests that

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

• whites use blacks to enhance their own superiority

• American businesses were opposed to unionization

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

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

• Brother Wrestrum

• Brother Tobitt

• Brother Tarp

• Brother Hambro