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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. Where is the book review "Blues People" published and when?
(a) Cleveland Times, 1974.
(b) New York Review, 1964.
(c) Tukumpsee Reader, 1930.
(d) Saturday Review, 1945.

2. Where is Minton's located?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Manhattan.

3. What falls on Ellison and his wife while they sleep?
(a) Drum set.
(b) Tape machine.
(c) Ceiling.
(d) Box of books.

4. Is Ellison interested primarily in injustice or art?
(a) Art.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Neither.
(d) Both equally.

5. Why does Oklahoma hold some freedom and equality for Negroes at the time Ellison lived there?
(a) It is fully integrated and equality was legislated.
(b) There are almost no Negroes in Oklahoma.
(c) Oklahoma is founded on Mormon principles which forbade prejudice.
(d) It has no tradition of slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted the mural that is displayed above Minton's bandstand?

2. What are Crane's parents like?

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

(see the answer key)

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