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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 Ellison's original career direction?
(a) Play the trumpet.
(b) Heal the sick.
(c) Tend gardens.
(d) Design buildings.

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

3. What writers does Ellison wish had been included in the "Primer for White Folks"?
(a) Young unknown writers.
(b) More Negro writers.
(c) Hispanic authors.
(d) Major, widely-read American authors.

4. According to Ellison what does the term "the grays" mean?
(a) Slang word for feeling bored.
(b) American melting pot.
(c) Negro term for white people.
(d) Negro term for nightfall.

5. What does Ellison suggest as a subtitle for "Primer for White Folks?"
(a) Short Course on the American Negro for Those Who "Beat That Boy".
(b) How-to book for Bigots and Innocents.
(c) Comprehensive Study of the Unruly Seas of Race.
(d) Method for finding Peace and Harmony among the Races.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three ways do Negroes in Wright's childhood survive?

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

3. Where is Richard Wright born?

4. Who is Stanley Hyman's favorite archetypal figure?

5. Why does Ellison choose to analyze William Falkner?

(see the answer key)

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