Significant characters
Handsome, muscular Brotherhood member
Who is Tod Clifton?
The Black leader depicted in the statue at the college
Who is Booker T Washington?
The narrator is forced to do this in front of white leaders
What is fight in a battle royal?
OR What is scramble for fake coins on an electrified rug?
OR What is watch a naked white dancer?
Metal object given to the IM that's "got a heap of signifying"
What is Brother Tarp's leg chain?
Reason the narrator beats a man almost to death
What is he called him an insulting name?
His favorite spiritual is "Live-a-Humble"
Who is Dr. Bledsoe?
Post-slavery profession of a character Mr. Norton meets
What is sharecropping?
Following orders, the IM gets in trouble for doing this
What is bringing Norton to Trueblood/the sharecropper who raped his daughter?
OR What is bringing Norton to the Golden Day?
Physical manifestation of the idea that Black contributions aren't acknowledged
What is the Optic White paint?
The IM says this is "the word" to identify America (or should be) in the Epilogue
What is "diversity"?
When the IM says it's important to stick to a plan, this person tells him he's "kinda young"
Who is Peter Wheatstraw, the blueprint cart man?
Famous speech with the five fingers of the hand analogy
What is Booker T Washington's Atlanta Compromise speech?
Ironically, after calling himself this, the IM is accused of being an individualist
What is a cog in a machine?
Symbol of racial stereotyping that the IM tries to dispose of but can't—because he's racially stereotyped
What is Mary Rambo's bank?
The narrator's definition of a hibernation
What is covert preparation for overt action?
This person feels "so free" with the narrator
Who is Sybil?
Figure in the portrait Brother Tarp gives the narrator
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Place where the IM is told, ironically, that they follow a policy of "enlightened humanitarianism"
Where is the factory hospital?
The IM is overjoyed to receive this but soon after has a dream that indicates he knows better
What is a leather briefcase with a scholarship to the state college for Black students
The IM asks Norton if he is this when he doesn't know where (or probably who) he is
What is ashamed?
This person renews "the dream in their hearts"
Who is Homer Barbee?
Military leader a vet at the Golden Day served under
Who is General Pershing?
The shocking statement Jack makes that makes the IM feel he's awakened from a dream
What is that he was not hired to think?
Two animals the young Black men at the Battle Royal are compared to
What are crabs and snails?
The narrator descends into the depths of music like this author
Who is Dante?