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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 does the phrase "beating that boy" mean?
(a) The actions of white policemen upon finding Negros in the wrong part of town.
(b) A quick victory in chess.
(c) The insidious method of beating the life out of a Negro man by calling him "boy".
(d) Polite conversation between white and Negro persons about the "Negro problem".

2. What does Huckleberry Finn recognize about the Negro character, Jim?
(a) Jim can make him lots of money if Huck will return him to his owner.
(b) Jim is very ill and near death.
(c) Jim is not only a slave, but a human being.
(d) Jim knows the landscape and can take Huck anywhere.

3. Ellison says Hemingway sought technical perfection rather than what?
(a) Lyrical qualities.
(b) Financial gain.
(c) Fame and notoriety.
(d) Moral insight.

4. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Mark Twain?
(a) Twain was a slave owner and trader.
(b) Twain offers a unique historical perspective.
(c) Twain was a humorist.
(d) Twain was married to a Negro woman.

5. What does Ellison praise about "Primer for White Folks?"
(a) Short and to the point.
(b) Easy to read and young children will like it.
(c) The search for images of black and white fraternity.
(d) Realistic and therefore does not contain much hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ellison's original career direction?

2. What is minstrel show black face?

3. What is the Negro child taught to see the white man as?

4. What is the origin of the essay "Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke?"

5. Violence is inflicted upon Wright by family, friends, and society as a whole. What is his response?

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