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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. What folk tradition does Ellison believe the black face figure grows out of?
(a) America.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) West Indies.

2. 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) It has no tradition of slavery.
(c) There are almost no Negroes in Oklahoma.
(d) Oklahoma is founded on Mormon principles which forbade prejudice.

3. What are the three themes of "Shadow and Act" according to the Introduction?
(a) Classical Dance, Country Music and Folk Art.
(b) Literature, Jazz/Blues and the relationship between Negro America and American culture.
(c) White people, Black people, and Native Americans.
(d) Racism, Poverty and Obstruction of Justice.

4. How does Ellison describe the philosopher Kierkegaard in the "Stephen Crane.." essay?
(a) The keeper of Sophocles flame.
(b) Pinnacle of the romantic poets of the 1950s.
(c) Household god for many contemporary novelists.
(d) Philosopher king who wrecked the castle.

5. What does Falkner understand about racial social code of the South?
(a) Here today, gone tomorrow.
(b) It is fragile and illusionary.
(c) It will never change.
(d) Destructive to both Negro and white parts of society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Crane's parents like?

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

3. Who is Henry Bowman Otto Davis?

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

5. Where and when is the essay "Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke" published?

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