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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 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is minstrel show black face?
(a) White performers painting their faces black and acting in a pseudo-Negro nonsensical way.
(b) Southern music and dance.
(c) Dark themed short skits and plays in vaudeville.
(d) Black actors acting in minstrel shows that are comic and touching.

2. What are the three themes of "Shadow and Act" according to the Introduction?
(a) Literature, Jazz/Blues and the relationship between Negro America and American culture.
(b) Classical Dance, Country Music and Folk Art.
(c) White people, Black people, and Native Americans.
(d) Racism, Poverty and Obstruction of Justice.

3. Who is Ellison named after?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Ralph Winston Ellison.
(c) Ralph Roosevelt Ellison.
(d) Ralph Kramden.

4. Who is Mrs. L.C. McFarland?
(a) Literary critic for the New York Post.
(b) Author of "Bound for Glory Someday".
(c) Woman who would become Ellison's second wife.
(d) History teacher in Ellison's grade school.

5. Hemingway carries on Twain's technical discoveries in writing but loses what?
(a) Twain's humor and light approach to storytelling.
(b) Twain's political and social construct.
(c) Twain's focus on American subjects.
(d) Twain's understanding that technique is to be used in the service of truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellison praise about "Primer for White Folks?"

2. Where does Ellison say civil wars are fought?

3. What does Ellison believe is the true "Negro experience?"

4. What is the occasion of Ellison's speech "Brave Words on a Startling Occasion?"

5. What type of jug does Ellison say Howe imagines Negro people to be in?

(see the answer key)

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