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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 Ellison do to find some peace and quiet?
(a) Begins to meditate.
(b) Wears earplugs.
(c) Creates a sound system of his own.
(d) Pads the walls with newspaper.

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

3. What does Ellison believe writing is?
(a) A way to criticize others.
(b) Mindless activity.
(c) Channeling of higher beings.
(d) Ethical instrument.

4. Why does Ellison reject the "hard-boiled" novel style of writing?
(a) Primarily a white form of writing.
(b) Too boring for what he wants to say.
(c) Full of physical violence, social cynicism and understatement.
(d) Focused on detectives and criminals.

5. Why does Ellison chose not to emphasize the details of racial hardship in his life?
(a) Too painful for him to speak about.
(b) It is a Negro audience and they already know his story.
(c) To avoid boring the audience.
(d) It is a white audience and he fears they will be uncomfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hemingway carries on Twain's technical discoveries in writing but loses what?

2. What does Huckleberry Finn recognize about the Negro character, Jim?

3. Where does Ellison give the public address "Hidden Name and Complex Fate?"

4. How does Ellison describe the philosopher Kierkegaard in the "Stephen Crane.." essay?

5. For Ellison a primary difference between Twain and Hemingway is what?

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