Invisible Manby 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 ______
______
“Rinehartism” is ______
______
The turning point of the novel is ______
______because
______
______
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 ______
______
“Rinehartism” is ______
______
The turning point of the novel is ______
______because
______
______
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 AANSWERS(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______
______
“Rinehartism” is ______cynicism OR flexibility / adaptability______
______
The turning point of the novel is _____Eviction Speech______
______because
___IM finds his voice and speaks what he believes______
______(other answers depending on explanation) ______