Praxis 5511 Practice Test Practice Question
Scenario/Extract:
The following excerpt is from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.
I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids-and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination-indeed, everything and anything except me.
The author mentions that he is 'man of substance' most likely to
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The phrase "man of substance" implies a person of significance or worth, suggesting that he deserves recognition and visibility. This aligns with option C, which posits that he should be visible to others due to his inherent value.
Option A incorrectly focuses on his feelings of invisibility rather than his worth. Option B suggests an explanation for his invisibility, which is not the main intent of the phrase. Option D implies that he is concerned with others' perceptions rather than advocating for his own visibility. Thus, option C best captures the essence of the author's assertion.
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