Invisible Man Study Guide

1. Invisible Man refers directly to the identity of which character?

• the narrator
• Jack
• society
• Dr. Bledsoe

2. What do the gold coins the boys must scramble for at the battle royal turn out to be?

• wooden coins
• brass pocket tokens
• pennies
• chocolate candies

3. Where is the narrator asked to give his high school graduation speech?

• town¹s most expensive restaurant
• leading men's fraternity
• ballroom of the leading hotel
• town hall

4. Who must the narrator fight one on one at the battle royal?

• Big John
• Jack
• Tatlock
• the M.C.

5. Whose words "Keep This Nigger-Boy Running" haunt the narrator?

• his father
• Tatlock
• Mr. Norton
• his grandfather

6. What is the name of the brothel/gambling joint to which the narrator brings Mr. Norton?

• Halley's Place
• Golden Hour
• Happy Day
• Golden Day

7. What must the narrator attend before he can hear Dr. Bledsoe's punishment?

• chapel
• afternoon tea
• classes
• college parade

8. The narrator realizes that the Reverend Barbee is ____ only after he gives his rousing oration and goes to sit down.

• deaf
• in a wheelchair
• black
• blind

9. After leaving the college, the narrator is sent to which city?

• Washington D.C.
• London
• Atlanta
• New York

10. Once there, he resides first in which establishment?

• YMCA
• St. Paul's boarding house
• Men's House
• Mary's house