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

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

3. What does Wright do at age four?
(a) Sets the house on fire.
(b) Makes a speech at church.
(c) Begins to read.
(d) Plays the piano.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the essay "Richard Wright's Blues" published and when?

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

3. Is Ellison interested primarily in injustice or art?

4. Who is LeRoi Jones?

5. Jones contends "A slave cannot be a ______" (fill in word).

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