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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. Why do Crane and his wife move to England?
(a) He was wanted for several crimes.
(b) It was more civilized.
(c) To escape rumors that she was an ex-madam.
(d) It was more exotic to Crane than New York.

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

3. How does Ellison describe his boyhood experience in Oklahoma?
(a) Poverty stricken existence with little enjoyment.
(b) Series of mind numbing and violent episodes.
(c) Romantic aspirations in the spirit of frontier adventurousness.
(d) Very controlled and regimented experience.

4. In the essay "Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke" what does Ellison say black face allows white America to do?
(a) Laugh and forget about its troubles and woes.
(b) Avoid looking at the shallowness of white American culture.
(c) Pour out its hatred and fear in a theatrical form.
(d) See the Negro story from a different perspective.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Mark Twain?

2. How old is Stephen Crane when he dies?

3. Why does Oklahoma hold some freedom and equality for Negroes at the time Ellison lived there?

4. Where does Ellison say civil wars are fought?

5. For Ellison a primary difference between Twain and Hemingway is what?

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