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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Sound and the Mainstream, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Stephen Crane?
(a) A English gentleman who has fast holdings of land, slaves and wealth.
(b) A 20th century novelist and author of "Here today, gone tomorrow."
(c) Ellison's first English professor who wrote "Black like me."
(d) A novelist born just after the Civil War.

2. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Ernest Hemingway?
(a) Hemingway ignored the dramatic and symbolic possibilities a Negro character would present.
(b) Hemingway sold more books than any other American author.
(c) Hemingway was not American.
(d) Hemingway grew up in Oklahoma City also.

3. For Ellison who is the greatest artist the south has ever produced?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Ralph Ellison.
(c) William Falkner.
(d) Mark Twain.

4. What are Crane's parents like?
(a) French born intellectuals.
(b) Libertine alcoholics.
(c) Marxist sympathizers.
(d) Fundamentalist Christians.

5. What childhood memory does Ellison draw on to deal with his artistic nemesis?
(a) Being forced to kneel and pray at church.
(b) Learning to play the trumpet.
(c) His father's death.
(d) Falling off a large statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the essay "Stephen Crane and the Mainstream of American Fiction" published?

2. What is the "Hidden Name" referred to in the title of Ellison's speech?

3. Who is the editor of "The Primer for White Folks?"

4. Who lives above Ellison?

5. What are the three major section of the "Primer for White Folks?"

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