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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, The Seer and the Seen, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ellison grow up?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) New York City.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Oklahoma City.

2. What does Ellison believe writing is?
(a) Mindless activity.
(b) Ethical instrument.
(c) Channeling of higher beings.
(d) A way to criticize others.

3. How many children are in Stephen Crane's birth family?
(a) 14.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 20.

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

5. What does Ellison say good fiction is made of?
(a) What is real.
(b) Fun.
(c) Tricks of the trade.
(d) Eternal truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Stephen Crane?

2. Where might Crane have gotten information about the Civil War?

3. Why does Ellison consider Stephen Crane a great artist?

4. As a child what do Ellison and his boyhood friends believe they are to do?

5. What does Ellison say the greatest difficulty for the Negro writer is?

(see the answer key)

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