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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Shadow and the Act, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives above Ellison?
(a) Judo training facility.
(b) Tap dancer.
(c) Diligent classical singer.
(d) Exercise club.

2. What is the Negro child taught to see the white man as?
(a) A being from another planet.
(b) Something to be ignored.
(c) Wise and loyal.
(d) Omniscient, omnipotent and as relentless as a Mississippi flood.

3. What does the drunk of legend who lives on the corner like to yell?
(a) It's a long way to Tipperary.
(b) Ain't nobody here but me.
(c) Shut up.
(d) I'm lost.

4. What magazine does Ellison write music reviews for?
(a) Saturday Review.
(b) New Yorker.
(c) Music Town Tonight.
(d) Negro Nightlife.

5. Where does Charlie Parker die?
(a) Mental hospital.
(b) Crossing the Atlantic.
(c) Hotel suite of a Baroness.
(d) Alley behind Minton's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellison believe Negro folklore does?

2. What is James Reese Europe known for?

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

4. What type of jug does Ellison believe young Negro writers, such as himself, are in?

5. Who is the editor of "The Primer for White Folks?"

(see the answer key)

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