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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 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is dangerous and different about Wright's attitude?
(a) Was loud and demanding of others.
(b) Ran for public office and refused to accept defeat.
(c) Refused to participate in school.
(d) Sought individual freedom in a "pre-individual" Negro culture.

2. What does Ellison say the "Negro problem" actually is?
(a) A guilt problem charged with pain.
(b) A white problem.
(c) Non-existent.
(d) An illusion where there is only chaos.

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

4. Why does Ellison choose to analyze William Falkner?
(a) Falkner is a great artist and could not be left out of the discussion.
(b) Falkner is a close personal friend of Ellison.
(c) Falkner is very critical of Ellison's novel.
(d) Falkner writes about Negro life with mixed motives but also with great success.

5. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Mark Twain?
(a) Twain was a slave owner and trader.
(b) Twain was married to a Negro woman.
(c) Twain was a humorist.
(d) Twain offers a unique historical perspective.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the editor of "The Primer for White Folks?"

4. Where does Ellison grow up?

5. Where is Richard Wright born?

(see the answer key)

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