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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 establishment is to the right of Ellison?
(a) Police Academy with indoor shooting range.
(b) Restaurant with an enormous jute box.
(c) Dog training school with night classes.
(d) Brothel with large dance hall.

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

3. What does the phrase "beating that boy" mean?
(a) The actions of white policemen upon finding Negros in the wrong part of town.
(b) Polite conversation between white and Negro persons about the "Negro problem".
(c) A quick victory in chess.
(d) The insidious method of beating the life out of a Negro man by calling him "boy".

4. How does Ellison describe the philosopher Kierkegaard in the "Stephen Crane.." essay?
(a) Pinnacle of the romantic poets of the 1950s.
(b) Household god for many contemporary novelists.
(c) Philosopher king who wrecked the castle.
(d) The keeper of Sophocles flame.

5. How old is Stephen Crane when he dies?
(a) 102.
(b) 29.
(c) 50.
(d) 92.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellison do to find some peace and quiet?

2. What falls on Ellison and his wife while they sleep?

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

4. Why does Ellison choose to write "Invisible Man" in a non-naturalistic way?

5. How many children are in Stephen Crane's birth family?

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