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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, The Seer and the Seen, Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three ways do Negroes in Wright's childhood survive?
(a) Enjoy, relax, or savor.
(b) Vote, campaign, or legislate.
(c) Accept, repress or fight.
(d) Embrace, celebrate, or be grateful.

2. Who is Stanley Edgar Hyman?
(a) The prominent Negro intellectual who wrote "Santa Claus is Black."
(b) A scholar who wrote on the relationship between Negro literature and folklore.
(c) Ellison's uncle who has a good sense of humor.
(d) A lyricist and comedian in the 1930's.

3. How many children are in Stephen Crane's birth family?
(a) 20.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 14.

4. What are the three themes of "Shadow and Act" according to the Introduction?
(a) Classical Dance, Country Music and Folk Art.
(b) Literature, Jazz/Blues and the relationship between Negro America and American culture.
(c) White people, Black people, and Native Americans.
(d) Racism, Poverty and Obstruction of Justice.

5. Who is Stanley Hyman's favorite archetypal figure?
(a) King.
(b) Messiah.
(c) Trickster.
(d) Orphaned prince.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Ellison grow up?

3. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Ernest Hemingway?

4. In the essay "Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke" what does Ellison say black face allows white America to do?

5. Where does Ellison say civil wars are fought?

(see the answer key)

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