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

2. Why does Ellison consider Stephen Crane a great artist?
(a) Under pressure and panic he stuck to his guns.
(b) He wrote so many books.
(c) He was the first great Negro author.
(d) He was talented in so many artistic fields.

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

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. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Mark Twain?
(a) Twain was married to a Negro woman.
(b) Twain was a slave owner and trader.
(c) Twain offers a unique historical perspective.
(d) Twain was a humorist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three ways do Negroes in Wright's childhood survive?

2. What is the Negro child taught to see the white man as?

3. What is the relationship between Ellison and Stanley Hyman?

4. What is Ellison's original career direction?

5. What does Ralph Ellison's father hope that Ralph will grow up to be?

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