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

2. Where does Ellison say civil wars are fought?
(a) "Within the individual human heart."
(b) "On the field of family ties."
(c) "In no man's land which cannot be grasped."
(d) "Between and betwixt fantasy and reality."

3. How old is Crane when he wrote his masterpiece "The Red Badge of Courage?"
(a) 79.
(b) 21.
(c) 45.
(d) 16,

4. What does Ellison suggest as a subtitle for "Primer for White Folks?"
(a) How-to book for Bigots and Innocents.
(b) Method for finding Peace and Harmony among the Races.
(c) Comprehensive Study of the Unruly Seas of Race.
(d) Short Course on the American Negro for Those Who "Beat That Boy".

5. Why does Ellison consider Stephen Crane a great artist?
(a) Under pressure and panic he stuck to his guns.
(b) He was talented in so many artistic fields.
(c) He wrote so many books.
(d) He was the first great Negro author.

Short Answer Questions

1. That Ellison's first novel might win a prestigious award makes him think what?

2. What two types of music is Ellison torn between as a child?

3. Why do Crane and his wife move to England?

4. What does Charlie Christian play when he was a young child?

5. What is it that widens Ellison's world in a dramatic way?

(see the answer key)

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