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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Sound and the Mainstream, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Crane and his wife move to England?
(a) He was wanted for several crimes.
(b) It was more civilized.
(c) To escape rumors that she was an ex-madam.
(d) It was more exotic to Crane than New York.

2. Who is Ellison named after?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Ralph Kramden.
(c) Ralph Roosevelt Ellison.
(d) Ralph Winston Ellison.

3. Hemingway carries on Twain's technical discoveries in writing but loses what?
(a) Twain's understanding that technique is to be used in the service of truth.
(b) Twain's political and social construct.
(c) Twain's focus on American subjects.
(d) Twain's humor and light approach to storytelling.

4. What falls on Ellison and his wife while they sleep?
(a) Ceiling.
(b) Tape machine.
(c) Drum set.
(d) Box of books.

5. How does Ellison describe the writer Malraux?
(a) French counterpart.
(b) Polar opposite.
(c) Literary ancestor.
(d) Greatest nemesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Mark Twain?

2. Who names Ellison?

3. How old is Crane when he wrote his masterpiece "The Red Badge of Courage?"

4. Where does Ellison give the public address "Hidden Name and Complex Fate?"

5. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Ernest Hemingway?

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