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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 is the name of the college Ellison attended?
(a) Tuskegee.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Rutgers.
(d) University of Oklahoma.

2. Why does Ellison choose to analyze William Falkner?
(a) Falkner is very critical of Ellison's novel.
(b) Falkner is a close personal friend of Ellison.
(c) Falkner writes about Negro life with mixed motives but also with great success.
(d) Falkner is a great artist and could not be left out of the discussion.

3. What does Ellison say the "Negro problem" actually is?
(a) A white problem.
(b) A guilt problem charged with pain.
(c) Non-existent.
(d) An illusion where there is only chaos.

4. What writers does Ellison wish had been included in the "Primer for White Folks"?
(a) Major, widely-read American authors.
(b) More Negro writers.
(c) Hispanic authors.
(d) Young unknown writers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Greek myth does Ellison refer to in "Brave Words?"

2. Who names Ellison?

3. What does Ellison suggest as a subtitle for "Primer for White Folks?"

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

5. What is the occasion of Ellison's speech "Brave Words on a Startling Occasion?"

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