Character
One of the old, rich, benefactors of the narrators college who insisted on hearing Trueblood's story of incest
Mr. Norton
Where does the narrator first get a job at NYC?
Liberty Paints
The narrator's boxing match in Chapter 1
Blindness
What word best describes the narrator before he joins the Brotherhood?
Naive
The last potential employer to whom the narrator gives a letter. He reveals Dr. Bledsoe's cruel trick.
Mr. Emerson
Where did Lucius Brockway think the narrator had been when, in fact, he'd only gone to grab his lunch?
Union Meeting
What does the Chthonian represent?
The Brotherhood's Ugly Reality
Which historical figure did the narrator most resemble before joining the Brotherhood?
Booker T. Washington
A black member of the Brotherhood who the narrator views as an attractive and intelligent man who excels as a Harlem community organizer
Tod Clifton
Which treatment does the narrator receive after his accident at the company where he worked?
Electric shock therapy
In the context of the story, what does the racist coin bank represent?
The baggage of slavery
In his first speech for the Brotherhood, the narrator tells the audience that they have each been robbed of ___
An eye
A motherly black woman who steps into the narrator's life after he leaves the hospital
Mary Rambo
Where does the narrator deliver his first speech for the Brotherhood?
A boxing-ring
What musical genre does Ellison use to represent the unbound richness of life?
Jazz (or blues)
The narrator's invisibility represents a rebellion against ___
Societal roles
A black member of the Brotherhood who gifts the narrator his leg chain
Brother Tarp
According to the narrator, what is the doing underground?
Writing his story
In the novel, racism represents an obstacle to the narrator's ___
Sense of identity
Invisible Man was heavily influenced by the work of 'this' group of twentieth-century French writers
The Existentialists