Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison: Identifications Form A
_______________________ is called a Brutus, or traitor to the Brotherhood
_______________________ wants to be Huck Finn
_______________________ wants to be the new Booker T. Washington
_______________________ refused to laugh at the clowns
_______________________ is the possessor of not one, but two Cadillacs
_______________________ receives the seventh of IM’s sealed letters
_______________________ advises Invisible Man to read Emerson
_______________________ is a sharecropper who lives in an old slave cabin
_______________________ is nicknamed “Old Bucket-head”
_______________________ is a wild black-nationalist rabble-rouser
_______________________ is associated with the Cyclops
_______________________ is “Brother-taboo-with-whom-all-things-are-possible”
_______________________ is the quality inspector in the Liberty Paint Testing Department
_______________________ warns IM about going too fast in the Brotherhood
_______________________ has sex with the Invisible Man
_______________________ is Brother Jack’s mistress
_______________________ turns Invisible Man in to the Brotherhood for selfish opportunism
_______________________ wins the “Battle Royal”
_______________________ asks Invisible Man to rape her
_______________________ is a lawyer and the Brotherhood’s chief theoretician
_______________________ was the folk character Invisible Man remembered from childhood
_______________________ is a freed slave, with manumission papers
_______________________ is wounded in jaw by Invisible Man
_______________________ ’s death is blamed for starting the riot
_______________________ leads group burning down tenement during riot
_______________________ tells the Invisible Man to be his own father
_______________________ is a fast-talking, blues-singing seventh son
_______________________ is attendant in charge of veterans at the bar
_______________________ writes a note signed as “Santa Claus”
_______________________ was Invisible Man’s college English professor
_______________________ thinks he’s superior to other white men because he has a black wife
_______________________ loses his false teeth
_______________________ calls Invisible Man “nigger”
_______________________ offers Invisible Man a free room in a boarding house
_______________________ was smell that Invisible Man associated with his bad memories of home
_______________________ was food that Invisible Man associated with his good memories of home
_______________________ is Invisible Man’s home town
_______________________ is where Invisible Man lands when he falls through an open manhole
_______________________ is a bar visited by crazy black war veterans
_______________________ is a bar frequented by the Brotherhood
_______________________ is a Harlem hotel for young men “on the way up”
_______________________ is the building where the Brotherhood holds meetings
_______________________ is a gay nightclub to which Invisible Man gets invited
_______________________ is the Harlem section where the final riot takes place
_______________________ is the dormitory at the college
_______________________ is the name of Rinehart’s church
_______________________ is the place where Invisible Man delivers Tod’s funeral oration
_______________________ is where Invisible Man gives his first formal speech for the Brotherhood
_______________________ is the specialty of the Liberty Paint Company
_______________________ is the subject of the Rainbow Poster
_______________________ is the painting in the apartment where Invisible Man gets seduced
_______________________ is subject of Barbee’s speech
_______________________ is subject of Invisible Man’s first informal speech on the Harlem streets
_______________________ were hanging from the trees during the riot
_______________________ is subject of Invisible Man’s downtown lectures
_______________________ was the clothing Invisible Man associated with contempt and failure
_______________________ is the marching squad organized by Invisible Man
_______________________ are objects used by Invisible Man to assume the identity of Rinehart
_______________________ is objectionable object sold by Tod
_______________________ is the poster that Brother Tarp gives Invisible Man
_______________________ was object Invisible Man tried to dispose of after leaving Mary’s
_______________________ was food Invisible Man wanted to see Bledsoe eating
_______________________ was Invisible Man’s graduation gift at the smoker
_______________________ was food that Brother Jack bought Invisible Man when recruiting him
_______________________ was clothing worn by the “fraternity of hipsters”
_______________________ is how many years the novel covers
Ras the Exhorter becomes Ras the Destroyer when ________________________________________
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“Rinehartism” is ___________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
The turning point of the novel is _______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________ because
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison: Identifications Form B
_______________________ wants to be the new Booker T. Washington
_______________________ is called a Brutus, or traitor to the Brotherhood
_______________________ wants to be Huck Finn
_______________________ refused to laugh at the clowns
_______________________ is a freed slave, with manumission papers
_______________________ is wounded in jaw by Invisible Man
_______________________ ’s death is blamed for starting the riot
_______________________ leads group burning down tenement during riot
_______________________ is the possessor of not one, but two Cadillacs
_______________________ receives the seventh of Invisible Man’s sealed letters
_______________________ is the quality inspector in the Liberty Paint Testing Department
_______________________ warns Invisible Man about going too fast in the Brotherhood
_______________________ has sex with the Invisible Man
_______________________ is Brother Jack’s mistress
_______________________ advises Invisible Man to read Emerson
_______________________ is a fast-talking, blues-singing seventh son
_______________________ is attendant in charge of veterans at the bar
_______________________ writes a note signed as “Santa Claus”
_______________________ was Invisible Man’s college English professor
_______________________ thinks he’s superior to other white men because he has a black wife
_______________________ loses his false teeth
_______________________ calls Invisible Man “nigger”
_______________________ is a sharecropper who lives in an old slave cabin
_______________________ is nicknamed “Old Bucket-head”
_______________________ is a wild black-nationalist rabble-rouser
_______________________ is associated with the Cyclops
_______________________ is “Brother-taboo-with-whom-all-things-are-possible”
_______________________ turns Invisible Man in to the Brotherhood for selfish opportunism
_______________________ wins the “Battle Royal”
_______________________ asks Invisible Man to rape her
_______________________ is a lawyer and the Brotherhood’s chief theoretician
_______________________ was the folk character Invisible Man remembered from childhood
_______________________ tells the Invisible Man to be his own father
_______________________ offers Invisible Man a free room in a boarding house
_______________________ was food that Brother Jack bought Invisible Man when recruiting him
_______________________ was food Invisible Man wanted to see Bledsoe eating
_______________________ is Invisible Man’s home town
_______________________ is where Invisible Man lands when he falls through an open manhole
_______________________ is the building where the Brotherhood holds meetings
_______________________ is a gay nightclub to which Invisible Man gets invited
_______________________ is the Harlem section where the final riot takes place
_______________________ is the dormitory at the college
_______________________ is a bar visited by crazy black war veterans
_______________________ is a bar frequented by the Brotherhood
_______________________ is a Harlem hotel for young men “on the way up”
_______________________ is the name of Rinehart’s church
_______________________ is the place where Invisible Man delivers Tod’s funeral oration
_______________________ was Invisible Man’s graduation gift at the smoker
_______________________ was clothing worn by the “fraternity of hipsters”
_______________________ is how many years the novel covers
_______________________ is where Invisible Man gives his first formal speech for the Brotherhood
_______________________ is the specialty of the Liberty Paint Company
_______________________ is the painting in the apartment where Invisible Man gets seduced
_______________________ was smell that Invisible Man associated with his bad memories of home
_______________________ was food that Invisible Man associated with his good memories of home
_______________________ is subject of Barbee’s speech
_______________________ is subject of Invisible Man’s first informal speech on the Harlem streets
_______________________ were hanging from the trees during the riot
_______________________ is the subject of the Rainbow Poster
_______________________ is subject of Invisible Man’s downtown lectures
_______________________ was the clothing Invisible Man associated with contempt and failure
_______________________ is the marching squad organized by Invisible Man
_______________________ are objects used by Invisible Man to assume the identity of Rinehart
_______________________ is objectionable object sold by Tod
_______________________ is the poster that Brother Tarp gives Invisible Man
_______________________ was object Invisible Man tried to dispose of after leaving Mary’s
Ras the Exhorter becomes Ras the Destroyer when ________________________________________
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“Rinehartism” is ___________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
The turning point of the novel is _______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________ because
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison: Identifications Form C
_______________________ wants to be Huck Finn
_______________________ wants to be the new Booker T. Washington
_______________________ is called a Brutus, or traitor to the Brotherhood
_______________________ refused to laugh at the clowns
_______________________ is a freed slave, with manumission papers
_______________________ is wounded in jaw by Invisible Man
_______________________ ’s death is blamed for starting the riot
_______________________ advises Invisible Man to read Emerson
_______________________ is a fast-talking, blues-singing seventh son
_______________________ is attendant in charge of veterans at the bar
_______________________ writes a note signed as “Santa Claus”
_______________________ was Invisible Man’s college English professor
_______________________ thinks he’s superior to other white men because he has a black wife
_______________________ loses his false teeth
_______________________ calls Invisible Man “nigger”
_______________________ is a sharecropper who lives in an old slave cabin
_______________________ is nicknamed “Old Bucket-head”
_______________________ is a wild black-nationalist rabble-rouser
_______________________ is a lawyer and the Brotherhood’s chief theoretician
_______________________ was the folk character Invisible Man remembered from childhood
_______________________ tells the Invisible Man to be his own father
_______________________ offers Invisible Man a free room in a boarding house
_______________________ is associated with the Cyclops
_______________________ is “Brother-taboo-with-whom-all-things-are-possible”
_______________________ leads group burning down tenement during riot
_______________________ is the possessor of not one, but two Cadillacs
_______________________ has sex with the Invisible Man
_______________________ is Brother Jack’s mistress
_______________________ turns Invisible Man in to the Brotherhood for selfish opportunism
_______________________ wins the “Battle Royal”
_______________________ asks Invisible Man to rape her
_______________________ receives the seventh of Invisible Man’s sealed letters
_______________________ is the quality inspector in the Liberty Paint Testing Department
_______________________ warns Invisible Man about going too fast in the Brotherhood
_______________________ is a bar visited by crazy black war veterans
_______________________ is a bar frequented by the Brotherhood
_______________________ is a gay nightclub to which Invisible Man gets invited
_______________________ is the Harlem section where the final riot takes place
_______________________ is the dormitory at the college
_______________________ is a Harlem hotel for young men “on the way up”
_______________________ is the name of Rinehart’s church
_______________________ is the place where Invisible Man delivers Tod’s funeral oration
_______________________ was smell that Invisible Man associated with his bad memories of home
_______________________ was food that Invisible Man associated with his good memories of home
_______________________ was food that Brother Jack bought Invisible Man when recruiting him
_______________________ was food Invisible Man wanted to see Bledsoe eating
_______________________ is Invisible Man’s home town
_______________________ is where Invisible Man lands when he falls through an open manhole
_______________________ is the building where the Brotherhood holds meetings
_______________________ was Invisible Man’s graduation gift at the smoker
_______________________ was clothing worn by the “fraternity of hipsters”
_______________________ is how many years the novel covers
_______________________ is where Invisible Man gives his first formal speech for the Brotherhood
_______________________ is the specialty of the Liberty Paint Company
_______________________ is the poster that Brother Tarp gives Invisible Man
_______________________ was object Invisible Man tried to dispose of after leaving Mary’s
_______________________ is the painting in the apartment where Invisible Man gets seduced
_______________________ is subject of Barbee’s speech
_______________________ is subject of Invisible Man’s first informal speech on the Harlem streets
_______________________ were hanging from the trees during the riot
_______________________ is the subject of the Rainbow Poster
_______________________ is subject of Invisible Man’s downtown lectures
_______________________ was the clothing Invisible Man associated with contempt and failure
_______________________ is the marching squad organized by Invisible Man
_______________________ are objects used by Invisible Man to assume the identity of Rinehart
_______________________ is objectionable object sold by Tod
Ras the Exhorter becomes Ras the Destroyer when ________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
“Rinehartism” is ___________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
The turning point of the novel is _______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________ because
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison: Identifications Form A ANSWERS (Form B & C rearranged)
____Tod Clifton__________ is called a Brutus, or traitor to the Brotherhood
____Young Emerson______ wants to be Huck Finn
________IM_____________ wants to be the new Booker T. Washington
____Grandfather__________ refused to laugh at the clowns
____Bledsoe_____________ is the possessor of not one, but two Cadillacs
____Emerson Sr._________ receives the seventh of IM’s sealed letters
____Norton______________ advises Invisible Man to read Emerson
____Trueblood___________ is a sharecropper who lives in an old slave cabin
____Bledsoe_____________ is nicknamed “Old Bucket-head”
____Ras________________ is a wild black-nationalist rabble-rouser
____Brother Jack_________ is associated with the Cyclops (± eye)
________IM_____________ is “Brother-taboo-with-whom-all-things-are-possible”
____Kimbro_____________ is the quality inspector in the Liberty Paint Testing Department
____Brother Jack_________ warns IM about going too fast in the Brotherhood
____Hubert’s wife ________ has sex with the Invisible Man (woman in red)
____Emma______________ is Brother Jack’s mistress
____Brother Wrestrum_____ turns Invisible Man in to the Brotherhood for selfish opportunism
____Tatlock_____________ wins the “Battle Royal”
____Sibyl_______________ asks Invisible Man to rape her
____Brother Hambro______ is a lawyer and the Brotherhood’s chief theoretician
____Buckeye the Rabbit____ was the folk character Invisible Man remembered from childhood
____Primus Provo_________ is a freed slave, with manumission papers
____Ras________________ is wounded in jaw by Invisible Man
____Tod Clifton__________ ’s death is blamed for starting the riot
____Dupre______________ leads group burning down tenement during riot (maybe accept Scofield)
____Burnside____________ tells the Invisible Man to be his own father
____Peter Wheatstraw_____ is a fast-talking, blues-singing seventh son
____Supercargo__________ is attendant in charge of veterans at the bar
_________IM____________ writes a note signed as “Santa Claus”
____Woolridge___________ was Invisible Man’s college English professor
____Brother Tobitt________ thinks he’s superior to other white men because he has a black wife
____Brockway___________ loses his false teeth
____Bledsoe_____________ calls Invisible Man “nigger”
____Mary Rambo_________ offers Invisible Man a free room in a boarding house
____cabbage_____________ was smell that Invisible Man associated with his bad memories of home
____yams_______________ was food that Invisible Man associated with his good memories of home
____Greenwood__________ is Invisible Man’s home town
_coal bin / underground____ is where Invisible Man lands when he falls through an open manhole
____Golden Day__________ is a bar visited by crazy black war veterans
____El Toro_____________ is a bar frequented by the Brotherhood
____Men’s House________ is a Harlem hotel for young men “on the way up”
____Cthonian___________ is the building where the Brotherhood holds meetings
____Club Calamus_______ is a gay nightclub to which Invisible Man gets invited
___Morningside Heights___ is the Harlem section where the final riot takes place (Riverside)
___Rabb Hall____________ is the dormitory at the college
___Holy Way Station______ is the name of Rinehart’s church
___Mount Morris Park_____ is the place where Invisible Man delivers Tod’s funeral oration
___arena/boxing ring______ is where Invisible Man gives his first formal speech for the Brotherhood
___Optic White__________ is the specialty of the Liberty Paint Company
___Equality_____________ is the subject of the Rainbow Poster (Integration)
___nude woman_________ is the painting in the apartment where Invisible Man gets seduced (pink Renoir)
___Founder_____________ is subject of Barbee’s speech (Freedom maybe)
___Eviction_____________ is subject of Invisible Man’s first informal speech on the Harlem streets
___mannequins__________ were hanging from the trees during the riot (dummies maybe)
___woman question______ is subject of Invisible Man’s downtown lectures
___overalls_____________ was the clothing Invisible Man associated with contempt and failure
___Hot Foot____________ is the marching squad organized by Invisible Man
_Panama hat & sunglasses_ are objects used by Invisible Man to assume the identity of Rinehart
___Sambo Doll__________ is objectionable object sold by Tod
___Frederic Douglass_____ is the poster that Brother Tarp gives Invisible Man
___minstrel bank_________ was object Invisible Man tried to dispose of after leaving Mary’s
___chitterlings___________ was food Invisible Man wanted to see Bledsoe eating
___briefcase_____________ was Invisible Man’s graduation gift at the smoker
___cheesecake___________ was food that Brother Jack bought Invisible Man when recruiting him
___zoot suit_____________ was clothing worn by the “fraternity of hipsters”
___25__________________ is how many years the novel covers
Ras the Exhorter becomes Ras the Destroyer when _________Tod dies__________________________
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“Rinehartism” is ________cynicism OR flexibility / adaptability_______________________________
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The turning point of the novel is _____Eviction Speech_______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________ because
___IM finds his voice and speaks what he believes_________________________________________
______________ (other answers depending on explanation) _________________________________