Ralph Ellison, Battle Royal
Read Battle Royal and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. What does the narrator do on his graduation day?
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2. Who is the audience for the battle royal?
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3. To what does the narrator refer when he says, “Had the price of looking been blindness I would have looked”?
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4. When the boys dive onto the rug to grab for money, what do they discover?
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5. What does the narrator say during his talk that provokes a violent response from his audience?
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