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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 does Falkner understand about racial social code of the South?
(a) Destructive to both Negro and white parts of society.
(b) Here today, gone tomorrow.
(c) It is fragile and illusionary.
(d) It will never change.

2. What falls on Ellison and his wife while they sleep?
(a) Box of books.
(b) Tape machine.
(c) Ceiling.
(d) Drum set.

3. Where might Crane have gotten information about the Civil War?
(a) Intensive scholarly research.
(b) Manuscripts and letters.
(c) His brother.
(d) His own experience.

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

5. Why does Ellison begin the speech by referring to Ernest Hemingway?
(a) Hemingway once called Ellison by the wrong name, Emerson.
(b) The name Hemingway is a pseudonym.
(c) Hemingway is a writer Ellison strongly identifies with.
(d) Hemingway is often misspelled and therefore hidden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Hemingway believe all modern American fiction sprang from?

2. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Mark Twain?

3. Where is Ellison living in the essay "Living with Music?"

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

5. Who is Stephen Crane?

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