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

2. What is dangerous and different about Wright's attitude?
(a) Sought individual freedom in a "pre-individual" Negro culture.
(b) Was loud and demanding of others.
(c) Ran for public office and refused to accept defeat.
(d) Refused to participate in school.

3. Who is LeRoi Jones?
(a) Drummer, restaurant owner and chef.
(b) Jazz critic, author, poet and editor.
(c) Journalist, painter and fencing master.
(d) Trumpeter and composer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which critics of "Black Boy" does Ellison want to respond to?

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

3. Does Ellison have "Invisible Man" completely thought out prior to writing it?

4. Where is Richard Wright born?

5. As a child what is Wright unable to distinguish between?

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