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WorksheetsInvisible Man
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
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
Mary Rambo’s iron minstrel bank, which the narrator breaks, symbolizes
the Southern ways he cannot escape
wealth
his need for a home
the Brotherhood’s philosophy
The Brotherhood represents
white “do-gooders”
the Communist Party
prototype for the Black Panthers
the brotherhood of man
Brother Jack’s character is symbolized by his
leg shackle
glass eye
limp
business suit
The member of the Brotherhood most faithful to the narrator and his work in Harlem is
Brother Wrestrum
Brother Tobitt
Brother Tarp
Brother Hambro
The Brotherhood is opposed to the narrator’s emotional and personal style of speaking because
they are afraid the crowds will get out of control
it does not reflect their scientific, rational philosophy
it makes the other speakers look bad
it reveals the narrator’s lack of education
Ras the Exhorter’s ultimate goal is to
to make blacks and whites equals
have all blacks return to the South
take control of the Brotherhood
keep blacks and whites totally separate
The dancing Sambo dolls being sold by Tod Clifton symbolize
a positive ethnic stereotype
black people’s disregard for white people’s values
the good humor and comic nature of American blacks
black people’s traditional subservience to white people
The identity of Rinehart
gives the narrator the opportunity to make major reforms in the Brotherhood
allows the narrator to undermine Ras the Exhorter
allows the narrator to survive in a world of chaos and confusion
shows the narrator a way to become visible at last
The turning point at the center of the novel is the narrator’s
witnessing of an eviction of two old people
decision that he has made a mistake in coming north
decision to move from Men’s House to Mary Rambo’s
death and rebirth in the hospital
The decision of the narrator to leave his cave at the end of the novel symbolizes
his failure to learn anything from his experiences
the end of contemplation and the beginning of action
his compromises in order to survive in life
his decision to return to college and try harder to succeed
