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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. Why does Ellison consider Stephen Crane a great artist?
(a) Under pressure and panic he stuck to his guns.
(b) He was talented in so many artistic fields.
(c) He wrote so many books.
(d) He was the first great Negro author.

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

3. Where might Crane have gotten information about the Civil War?
(a) His own experience.
(b) Manuscripts and letters.
(c) His brother.
(d) Intensive scholarly research.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the phrase "beating that boy" mean?

3. Why does Ellison choose to analyze William Falkner?

4. Who is Stanley Edgar Hyman?

5. What specific folk art form does "Black Boy" reflect?

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