For Quiz #4, answer five (5) of the following questions.
Four (4) of your questions must come from EACH ONE of the chapters (answer 1 question from Nine, 1 from Ten, 1 from Eleven, and 1 from Twelve). One (1) question can come from any chapter. Answer this question wherever it fits (based on chapter order).
Reminder: IM = Invisible Man
Chapter Nine
How does IM interact with the blueprint cart-pusher? What is noticeably missing from the IM's side of their interaction? What does it mean to “deny” someone (173)? And why does the cart-pusher remind the IM of “the vet from the Golden Day” (174)?
What does IM say that leads the cart-pusher decide that he is “‘kinda young’” on 175?
Why is IM so resistant to people recognizing that he is southern, especially the counterman who offers him the pork chops and grits (178)?
What’s the deal with Mr. Emerson’s son? The Club Calamus?
Why did Bledsoe write those letters? (190) And why did IM think it was a good idea to ask for them again? (148-9)
What is the significance of the “Poor Robin” song? Who does what to whom in the song? Who is responsible, and for what? (193-4) How do these lyrics reflect IM’s outlook on his life and new job as expressed on 195?
Chapter Ten
What is the first tension that the IM encounters at Liberty Paints? What is the “new racket” at the plant? (197) What does it mean to be a “scab?”
What goes wrong with Kimbro? Whose fault is it? (199-206)
What responsibilities does Lucius Brockway have at Liberty Paints? Where do they start and end? (207-218, 224-230)?
Who are the men in the locker room? Why do some of them call the IM “'brother'” and why are others so suspicious of him? What is a “'fink?'” (219-223).
What are the racial tensions at the plant suggested by this meeting? Why are the men so suspicious of Brockway? Does it have anything to do with his race?
What goes wrong with Brockway? Whose fault is it this time? (224-30) Why is Brockway so concerned about the union (228)?
Does IM make significant progress with Brockway through and after their fight? Do you think that Brockway really laughs as he scrambles for the stairs on 229? Do you think that the IM has really "lost irrevocably an important victory" (229)?
Chapter Eleven
Where does the IM wake up? What procedure is being tried on him? (232)
What does the doctor suggest that he has done on 236? What effects on IM’s personality should follow? Wasn’t his body injured and not his mind?
What happens when the IM tries to be angry on 237?
Why does the doctor show him the cards asking “WHO WAS BUCKEYE THE RABBIT” and “BOY, WHO WAS BRER RABBIT?” How does the IM react to these questions (241-242)?
How does the IM feel about the changes in his personality (249)?
Chapter Twelve
Who is Mary Rambo (252)? What does she want for the IM? (255)
Why does the IM feel totally out of place at the Men’s House (256)? What does he do to the man who resembles Bledsoe on 257? Why?
Looking back on his experiences, how does the IM feel? His plans have all changed and he swore that the point of life was sticking to one's plan when he first arrived (259).
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