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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Sound and the Mainstream, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who interviews Ellison in "The Art of Fiction?"
(a) Alfred Chester & Vilma Howard.
(b) John Jacob & Nancy Kerry.
(c) Donald Gibson and Bob Edwards.
(d) Gertrude Whittall and T. S. Eliot.

2. Who painted the mural that is displayed above Minton's bandstand?
(a) Ralph Ellison.
(b) Anonymous W.P.A. worker.
(c) Paul Cezanne.
(d) Charles Graham.

3. What is Ellison's original career direction?
(a) Design buildings.
(b) Heal the sick.
(c) Play the trumpet.
(d) Tend gardens.

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

5. Falkner writes exclusively of the southern experience yet Ellison believes him to be addressing what?
(a) Northern Negro experience.
(b) Nature of man.
(c) Effect of war upon culture.
(d) Inevitable rise and fall of every civilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellison reject the "hard-boiled" novel style of writing?

2. What is the name of the college Ellison attended?

3. What does Ellison do to find some peace and quiet?

4. What does Ellison believe writing is?

5. Who is Henry Bowman Otto Davis?

(see the answer key)

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