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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 does Mark Twain do with the character of Jim that breaks through the black face minstrel tradition?
(a) Jim's very serious and not at all fun.
(b) Jim performs black face without the paint.
(c) Jim is stereotypical and boring.
(d) He's a complex, dignified and very human person.

2. Ellison says Hemingway sought technical perfection rather than what?
(a) Lyrical qualities.
(b) Moral insight.
(c) Fame and notoriety.
(d) Financial gain.

3. What is Ellison's original choice of career?
(a) Barber.
(b) Politician.
(c) Musician.
(d) Policeman.

4. For Ellison who is the greatest artist the south has ever produced?
(a) William Falkner.
(b) Ralph Ellison.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Mark Twain.

5. What is Ellison's reaction to the term "Negro culture?"
(a) It is the world he longs to be in.
(b) Past and gone from sight.
(c) Highest type of culture.
(d) The term is so vague as to be meaningless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first book Ellison ever reviews in a publication?

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

3. In "The Art of Fiction: An Interview" what does Ellison say at the very beginning?

4. What do people eat at Minton's?

5. What writers does Ellison wish had been included in the "Primer for White Folks"?

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