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

2. What specific folk art form does "Black Boy" reflect?
(a) The blues.
(b) African ethnic mask making.
(c) Folk sculpture.
(d) Modern dance.

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

4. How old is Stephen Crane when he dies?
(a) 92.
(b) 29.
(c) 102.
(d) 50.

5. What is the relationship between Ellison and Stanley Hyman?
(a) Friends and intellectual sparing partners.
(b) Cousins who grew up together in Oklahoma.
(c) Writers who abhor each other's work.
(d) Professors competing over the same university job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Greek myth does Ellison refer to in "Brave Words?"

2. Where does Ellison grow up?

3. Which critics of "Black Boy" does Ellison want to respond to?

4. How does Ellison describe Wright's autobiography "Black Boy?"

5. Where is the essay "Stephen Crane and the Mainstream of American Fiction" published?

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