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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. Who says Negro dock workers were the best singers of Irish songs?
(a) Stanley Hyman.
(b) Paul Oliver.
(c) Constance Rourke.
(d) Lafcadio Hearn.

2. What do the three sections of "Invisible Man" represent?
(a) Darkness to dawn to full sun at noon.
(b) Ancient to modern to future.
(c) Purpose to passion to perception.
(d) Terror to understanding to acceptance.

3. What is the first book Ellison ever reviews in a publication?
(a) E. Waters Turpin's "These Low Grounds."
(b) Richard Wright's "Amazing Grace."
(c) James Baldwin's "Protest Novel."
(d) John Joseph's "Ain't no way out."

4. What do the blues capture?
(a) Tragic and comic sense of the human condition.
(b) Personality of the singer.
(c) The time period in which they were written.
(d) Religion of the Negro people.

5. What does Jones advise his audience to do?
(a) Eat plenty of vegetables.
(b) Protest against the Vietnam war.
(c) Approach his work, "Blues People" as a theoretical endeavor.
(d) Read his poetry outdoors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two primary managers of Minton's?

2. What is Minton's Playhouse?

3. Why do Crane and his wife move to England?

4. What does Ellison read in 1935 that moves and intrigues him?

5. Why does Ellison reject the "hard-boiled" novel style of writing?

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