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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 do Crane and his wife move to England?
(a) It was more exotic to Crane than New York.
(b) To escape rumors that she was an ex-madam.
(c) It was more civilized.
(d) He was wanted for several crimes.

2. Who is the editor of "The Primer for White Folks?"
(a) Anonymous.
(b) Ralph Ellison.
(c) Bucklin Moon.
(d) Richard Wright.

3. Who is Stephen Crane?
(a) A novelist born just after the Civil War.
(b) A English gentleman who has fast holdings of land, slaves and wealth.
(c) Ellison's first English professor who wrote "Black like me."
(d) A 20th century novelist and author of "Here today, gone tomorrow."

4. What does Crane die of and where?
(a) In a fierce battle on the plains of Alsace.
(b) The black plague of 1834, in London, England.
(c) Murder, on board a ship crossing the Atlantic.
(d) Tuberculosis, in the far Black Forest of Germany.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hemingway carries on Twain's technical discoveries in writing but loses what?

3. How does Ellison describe the philosopher Kierkegaard in the "Stephen Crane.." essay?

4. What are Crane's parents like?

5. What does Ellison say good fiction is made of?

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