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

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

3. What does Ellison believe Negro folklore does?
(a) Tells lies about the past.
(b) Keeps Negros down.
(c) Reveals the most intimate part of American history.
(d) Makes white people comfortable.

4. What specific folk art form does "Black Boy" reflect?
(a) Folk sculpture.
(b) Modern dance.
(c) African ethnic mask making.
(d) The blues.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellison describe Wright's autobiography "Black Boy?"

2. What does Wright do at age four?

3. Who is LeRoi Jones?

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

5. Who says Negro dock workers were the best singers of Irish songs?

(see the answer key)

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