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Othello
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Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
Study Guide
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapters 2–3
Chapters 4–6
Chapters 7–9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapters 12–15
Chapters 16–17
Chapters 18–19
Chapters 20–21
Chapters 22–23
Chapters 24–Epilogue
Characters
Character List
The Narrator
Brother Jack
Ras the Exhorter
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Quotes By Theme
Racism
Blindness
Duplicity
Quotes By Section
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapters 2 and 3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapters 12-15
Chapters 16-17
Chapters 18-19
Chapters 20-21
Chapters 22-23
Chapter 24-Epilogue
Quotes By Character
The Narrator
Ras the Exhorter
Brother Jack
Tod Clifton
Sybil
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
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Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapters 2-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapters 12-15
Chapters 16-17
Chapters 18-19
Chapters 20-21
Chapters 22-23
Chapters 24-Epilogue
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Analysis of Major Characters Quiz
Further Study
Analysis of Major Characters Quiz
1
of 5
What word best describes the narrator before he joins the Brotherhood?
Angry
Naive
Fearful
Criminal
2
of 5
Brother Jack's glass eye symbolizes his ___.
Broken spirit
Childhood
Human fragility
Ideological blindness
3
of 5
Ras the Exhorter has a great deal in common with which real-life historical figure?
Martin Luther King
Marcus Garvey
Mahatma Gandhi
Booker T. Washington
4
of 5
Which character did Ellison create to symbolize the Communist party's betrayal of the black community in the 1940s?
Brother Jack
Tod Clifton
The narrator
Ras the Exhorter
5
of 5
The narrator's "invisibility" represents a rebellion against ___.
His father
Societal roles
The government
God
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