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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Shadow and the Act, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "Hidden Name" referred to in the title of Ellison's speech?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Ellison's father's name, George Washington Ellison.
(c) Ellison's middle name, Waldo.
(d) The names given to Negro people by their slave owners.

2. What Hotel is Minton's part of?
(a) Hotel Plaza.
(b) Hotel Cecil.
(c) Hotel Barbero.
(d) Hotel LaGrand.

3. What is minstrel show black face?
(a) Dark themed short skits and plays in vaudeville.
(b) White performers painting their faces black and acting in a pseudo-Negro nonsensical way.
(c) Southern music and dance.
(d) Black actors acting in minstrel shows that are comic and touching.

4. How does Ellison describe Mahalia Jackson?
(a) Female Louis Armstrong.
(b) High Priestess.
(c) Jazz Diva.
(d) Uncle Tom.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the chaos of noise cause in Ellison?

3. What does Charlie Christian play when he was a young child?

4. Who is Irving Howe?

5. Violence is inflicted upon Wright by family, friends, and society as a whole. What is his response?

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