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

2. Why does Ellison choose to analyze William Falkner?
(a) Falkner is very critical of Ellison's novel.
(b) Falkner writes about Negro life with mixed motives but also with great success.
(c) Falkner is a close personal friend of Ellison.
(d) Falkner is a great artist and could not be left out of the discussion.

3. What Greek myth does Ellison refer to in "Brave Words?"
(a) The Odyssey and Proteus.
(b) Zeus and Poseidon.
(c) The birth of Athena.
(d) Theseus and Antigone.

4. Falkner writes exclusively of the southern experience yet Ellison believes him to be addressing what?
(a) Effect of war upon culture.
(b) Nature of man.
(c) Northern Negro experience.
(d) Inevitable rise and fall of every civilization.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Henry Bowman Otto Davis?

2. What does Ralph Ellison's father hope that Ralph will grow up to be?

3. What does Huckleberry Finn recognize about the Negro character, Jim?

4. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Mark Twain?

5. What writers does Ellison wish had been included in the "Primer for White Folks"?

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