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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. What is the "Hidden Name" referred to in the title of Ellison's speech?
(a) Ellison's father's name, George Washington Ellison.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) The names given to Negro people by their slave owners.
(d) Ellison's middle name, Waldo.

2. What are Crane's parents like?
(a) French born intellectuals.
(b) Fundamentalist Christians.
(c) Marxist sympathizers.
(d) Libertine alcoholics.

3. What does Wright do at age four?
(a) Makes a speech at church.
(b) Sets the house on fire.
(c) Begins to read.
(d) Plays the piano.

4. What musician does Ellison see as the true "trickster" archetype?
(a) Jack Benny.
(b) Mahalia Jackson.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

5. What type of jug does Ellison believe young Negro writers, such as himself, are in?
(a) Broken jug, leaking and being wasted.
(b) Small overcrowded jug.
(c) Transparent jug, stuck inside but able to see out.
(d) Expensive jug, one to be carefully guarded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives on the left of Ellison?

2. Who are the two primary managers of Minton's?

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

4. How does Ellison describe the writer Malraux?

5. What is Ellison's original career direction?

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