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

2. What is Ellison reading when he begins writing "Invisible Man?"
(a) "Native Son" by Richard Wright.
(b) "The Problem of Leadership" by Rod Mitchell
(c) "The Hero" by Lord Raglan.
(d) "The Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.

3. Other white cultures have black face type entertainment, but what is different about American black face?
(a) The American history of inclusive entertainment makes it acceptable.
(b) American black face is always light and fun.
(c) The American history of slavery makes it a "ritual of exorcism."
(d) American black face is performed by Negro actors only.

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

5. Where is Richard Wright born?
(a) In the New York City Negro hospital
(b) In a log cabin located in the heart of Nebraska.
(c) On a train as it traveled from Georgia to Maine.
(d) On a Mississippi plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. For Ellison who is the greatest artist the south has ever produced?

2. Why does Ellison choose to analyze William Falkner?

3. Who is Stephen Crane?

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

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

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