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

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

3. What does the drunk of legend who lives on the corner like to yell?
(a) I'm lost.
(b) It's a long way to Tipperary.
(c) Ain't nobody here but me.
(d) Shut up.

4. What does Ellison say good fiction is made of?
(a) Tricks of the trade.
(b) What is real.
(c) Eternal truth.
(d) Fun.

5. Where is Ellison living in the essay "Living with Music?"
(a) Vermont barn.
(b) Cabin on board ship.
(c) Across from the Manhattan School of Music.
(d) Tiny ground floor rear apartment.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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