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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Sound and the Mainstream, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Minton's located?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Harlem.

2. Where does Ellison say civil wars are fought?
(a) "Between and betwixt fantasy and reality."
(b) "Within the individual human heart."
(c) "In no man's land which cannot be grasped."
(d) "On the field of family ties."

3. According to Ellison what does the term "the grays" mean?
(a) Slang word for feeling bored.
(b) American melting pot.
(c) Negro term for nightfall.
(d) Negro term for white people.

4. What type of jug does Ellison say Howe imagines Negro people to be in?
(a) Empty jug with no way out.
(b) Steel jug waiting for a black messiah to come and blow off the cork.
(c) Jug of beer in which they are drowning.
(d) Heavy jug that takes two men to lift it.

5. What folk tradition does Ellison believe the black face figure grows out of?
(a) West Indies.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Bible myth is referred to in "The World and the Jug?"

2. Why does Ellison chose not to emphasize the details of racial hardship in his life?

3. Other white cultures have black face type entertainment, but what is different about American black face?

4. Who is Stanley Edgar Hyman?

5. What does the hero of "Invisible Man" do that is a common theme in Negro folklore?

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