Shadow and Act Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Mid-Book Test (up to Part 1, The Seer and the Seen, Section 9)

This test consists of 15 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. What is the origin of the essay "Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke?"
a) Letter written by Ellison when he was living in Rome to an old friend.
b) Short story about lynching.
c) Treatise on the folk art of tying knots.
d) "Invisible Man."

2. What does Ellison believe writing is?
a) Mindless activity.
b) A way to criticize others.
c) Channeling of higher beings.
d) Ethical instrument.

3. Violence is inflicted upon Wright by family, friends, and society as a whole. What is his response?
a) Passivity.
b) Violence.
c) Seclusion.
d) Retreat.

4. What are Crane's parents like?
a) French born intellectuals. (read more)