Ralph Ellison
Who was that?
Plot Points
100
Ellison's grandparents were these back in the 1800s.
What are slaves?
100
One of the old, rich, white benefactors of the narrator's college who insisted in hearing Trueblood's story of incest.
Who is Mr. Norton?
100
This character is shot and killed by a police officer
Who is Clifton?
200
Where Ellison went to college.
What is Tuskegee Institute?
200
The last potential employer to whom the narrator gives a letter. He reveals Dr. Bledsoe's cruel trick.
Who is Mr. Emerson?
200
This is where the narrator first gets a job in NYC
What is Liberty Paints?
300
IM was published in this year.
What is 1952?
300
A black member of the Brotherhood who eventually sells Sambo dolls in the neighborhood.
Who is Tod Clifton?
300
This is where Lucius Brockway thought the narrator had been when, in fact, he'd only gone to grab his lunch.
What is a union meeting?
400
this 20th century French philosophy heavily influenced Ellison's novel
What is existentialism?
400
a motherly black woman who steps into the narrator's life after he leaves the hospital
Who is Mary Rambo?
400
This "treatment" is used on the IM after his accident at the company where he worked.
What is electric shock therapy?
500
Ellison was born here in 1914, once considered a frontier state
What is Oklahoma?
500
a white woman who uses the narrator to act out a fantasy
Who is Sybil?
500
The Brotherhood is disturbed that the IM has arranged this for Clifton
What is a funeral?
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