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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 street is Minton's on?
(a) 118th Street.
(b) 1st Avenue.
(c) 11th Avenue.
(d) Broadway.

2. Where does Ellison grow up?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) New York City.

3. Who is Irving Howe?
(a) White liberal writer from New York City.
(b) Pseudonym for Richard Wright.
(c) Hispanic Indian man who met Ellison in a bar.
(d) Negro professor from Mississippi University.

4. What song moves Jackson into the public eye?
(a) Amazing Grace.
(b) Der Lieberstein.
(c) Move On Up a Little Higher.
(d) Wings of a Dove.

5. Where is the essay "Richard Wright's Blues" published and when?
(a) The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Summer 1935.
(b) The Antioch Review, Summer 1945.
(c) The New York Times, Fall 1955.
(d) The Oklahoman Messenger, Winter 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ellison living in the essay "Living with Music?"

2. Who lives on the left of Ellison?

3. What does Mark Twain do with the character of Jim that breaks through the black face minstrel tradition?

4. How many children are in Stephen Crane's birth family?

5. Why does Ellison choose to write "Invisible Man" in a non-naturalistic way?

(see the answer key)

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