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

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

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

4. Other white cultures have black face type entertainment, but what is different about American black face?
(a) American black face is always light and fun.
(b) The American history of slavery makes it a "ritual of exorcism."
(c) The American history of inclusive entertainment makes it acceptable.
(d) American black face is performed by Negro actors only.

5. What does Ellison say the greatest difficulty for the Negro writer is?
(a) Capture the Negro speech idiom and put it down on paper.
(b) Get someone to publish him because most of the publishers were white.
(c) Find a subject worthy of his time and effort.
(d) Reveal what he truly feels rather than serving up what Negroes are supposed to feel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ellison say civil wars are fought?

2. What does Crane die of and where?

3. Where is the essay "Richard Wright's Blues" published and when?

4. What does Wright do at age four?

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

(see the answer key)

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