Invisible Man

The "Battle Royal" where the young African American boys are made to fight with each other symbolizes

• the backwardness of southern black people compared with Northern black people

• the way whites manipulate black people 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

Mr. Norton's illness is brought on by

• the narrator's driving

• excessive drinking

• feelings of grief over his daughter's death

• the shock of the Jim Trueblood story

In light of the content of his speech, Reverend Barbee's blindness is an example of

• irony

• allegory

• tone

• atmosphere

The narrator is expelled from college because he

• behaved improperly with a white man

• exposed aspects of black life Dr. Bledsoe wanted to keep hidden

• caused expensive damage at teh Golden Day

• was guilty of insubordination with Mr. Norton

The narrator's experience at Liberty Paints suggests

• black labor was the foundation of America's industrial strength

• whites use blacks to enhance their own superiority

• American businesses were opposed to unionization

• that narrator ought to work for a company owned by black people

Mary's minstrel bank, which the narrator breaks, symbolizes

• the Southern ways he cannot escape

• wealth

• his need for a home

• the Brotherhood's philosophy

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 Westrum

• 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