Theme
Which of the following themes is prevelant throughout the Prologue?
A) Individual Identity
How does the scene in Chapter 1 in which the narrator and other Black children are forced to fight for entertainment reflect the theme of invisibility that was introduced in the Prologue?
A) The narrator discusses how he slowly began to understand his invisibility when he participated in the fight in Chapter 1.
What is the Golden Day?
A) A tavern and a brothel
What piece of advice does the vet give the narrator before he departs the bus?
A) He advises the narrator to be his own father
Who was the first U.S. president?
George Washington
What are the two main themes of Invisible Man?
Race and Identity
Who advised the narrator’s father that the way to deal with whites is to “agree ‘em to death and destruction”?
B) The American Flag
In what year of his schooling does the narrator take a job driving Mr. Norton?
C) Junior
After arriving in New York, why does the Narrator say, "I would have to take a Harlem a little at a time" in Chapter 7?
C) He feels overwhelmed after walking through Harlem and seeing Black people live with a seemingly high degree of freedom
What galaxy is planet Earth in?
The Milky Way
The following text is Robert Frost's 1923 poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
"Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."
What is the main idea of the text?
B) Things that are most precious won't last long.
Who advised the narrator’s father that the way to deal with whites is to “agree ‘em to death and destruction”?
B) The narrators grandfather
Who is Dr. Bledsoe?
A) The college president
How does the narrator describe the way white people in the North treat him which makes him feel like "they hardly saw [him]" in Chapter 8?
D) Polite and impersonal
What is the largest ocean in the world?
The Pacific Ocean
Which of the following themes is most clearly reflected in the quotation below?
"Then I began to map my campaign for the next day. First, I would have to shower, then get breakfast. All this is very early. I'd have to move fast. With important men like that you had to be on time. If you made an appointment with one of them, you couldn't bring them any slow c.p. (colored people's) time." in Chapter 8.
A) Race and Racism
In the following quote, what does the narrator imply is the reason for his invisibility?
"Nor is my invisibility exactly a matter of biocehmical accident to my epidermis. That invisibility to which I refer occurs because of a peculiar disposition of the eyes of those with whom I come in contact. A matter of the construction of their inner eyes, those eyes with which they look through their physical eyes upon reality" (Prologue)
B) The way white people are inclines to view Black people
How many sealed letters of recommendation does the narrator retrieve before leaving school for New York?
C) Seven
What is Rhianna’s real name?
Robyn Fenty
After the battle royal, what is in the calfskin briefcase that the narrator receives?
D) A college scholarship
In which of the following quotations from Chapter 3 does the veteran assert that Mr. Norton does not view the narrator as a person?
C) "To you he is a mark on the scorecard of your achievement, a thing and not a man; a child; or even less -- a black amorphous thing."
What are the names of the 4 Harry Potter Hogwart's Houses?
Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Gryffindor