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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Sound and the Mainstream, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Lydia Maria Child?
(a) Leading member of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
(b) Primary benefactor of Tuskegee Institute.
(c) Teacher of jazz poetry.
(d) Patron of the LeRoi Restaurant.

2. What does Jones advise his audience to do?
(a) Eat plenty of vegetables.
(b) Read his poetry outdoors.
(c) Protest against the Vietnam war.
(d) Approach his work, "Blues People" as a theoretical endeavor.

3. Jones contends "A slave cannot be a ______" (fill in word).
(a) Musician.
(b) Man.
(c) Communist.
(d) Intellectual.

4. When does Jones place the beginnings of the blues?
(a) In ancient times throughout Africa.
(b) At the Negro's conscious appearance on the American scene.
(c) During the Civil Rights movement.
(d) World War II.

5. Where is Richard Wright born?
(a) On a train as it traveled from Georgia to Maine.
(b) In a log cabin located in the heart of Nebraska.
(c) On a Mississippi plantation.
(d) In the New York City Negro hospital

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hero of "Invisible Man" do that is a common theme in Negro folklore?

2. Who is LeRoi Jones?

3. What does Jones analyze "bop" as?

4. What does Ellison say slaves had in place of freedom?

5. Why does "Invisible Man" take so long to complete?

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