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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. Falkner writes exclusively of the southern experience yet Ellison believes him to be addressing what?
(a) Northern Negro experience.
(b) Nature of man.
(c) Effect of war upon culture.
(d) Inevitable rise and fall of every civilization.

2. Who is Mrs. L.C. McFarland?
(a) Literary critic for the New York Post.
(b) History teacher in Ellison's grade school.
(c) Author of "Bound for Glory Someday".
(d) Woman who would become Ellison's second wife.

3. How does Ellison describe the writer Malraux?
(a) Greatest nemesis.
(b) Polar opposite.
(c) French counterpart.
(d) Literary ancestor.

4. Why do Crane and his wife move to England?
(a) To escape rumors that she was an ex-madam.
(b) He was wanted for several crimes.
(c) It was more civilized.
(d) It was more exotic to Crane than New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Ernest Hemingway?

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

3. Why does Ellison consider Stephen Crane a great artist?

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

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

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