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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. According to Ellison what does the term "the grays" mean?
(a) Negro term for nightfall.
(b) Slang word for feeling bored.
(c) Negro term for white people.
(d) American melting pot.

2. What is Minton's Playhouse?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Broadway theater.
(c) Day Care Center.
(d) Historic Jazz Club.

3. What kind of bird does Ellison say Parker is?
(a) Haunting Vulture.
(b) Silly Turkey.
(c) Poor Robin.
(d) Sad Crow.

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

5. Hemingway carries on Twain's technical discoveries in writing but loses what?
(a) Twain's political and social construct.
(b) Twain's humor and light approach to storytelling.
(c) Twain's understanding that technique is to be used in the service of truth.
(d) Twain's focus on American subjects.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What race of people are allowed into Minton's?

3. What does Ellison say the "Negro problem" actually is?

4. Which American writers is the piece "Black Boys and Native Sons" about?

5. What is the original title of the film "The Birth of a Nation?"

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