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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 the chaos of noise cause in Ellison?
(a) Peace and Joy.
(b) Hearing loss.
(c) Writer's block.
(d) Mental Illness.

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

3. What does the drunk of legend who lives on the corner like to yell?
(a) I'm lost.
(b) It's a long way to Tipperary.
(c) Ain't nobody here but me.
(d) Shut up.

4. What does Ellison suggest as a subtitle for "Primer for White Folks?"
(a) How-to book for Bigots and Innocents.
(b) Method for finding Peace and Harmony among the Races.
(c) Short Course on the American Negro for Those Who "Beat That Boy".
(d) Comprehensive Study of the Unruly Seas of Race.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the essay "Stephen Crane and the Mainstream of American Fiction" published?

3. For Ellison who is the greatest artist the south has ever produced?

4. What is the name of the college Ellison attended?

5. Why do Crane and his wife move to England?

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