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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Shadow and the Act, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mark Twain do with the character of Jim that breaks through the black face minstrel tradition?
(a) Jim's very serious and not at all fun.
(b) He's a complex, dignified and very human person.
(c) Jim performs black face without the paint.
(d) Jim is stereotypical and boring.

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

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

4. What work of literature seizes Ellison's young mind early on?
(a) The Waste Land.
(b) Black like me.
(c) The American Constitution.
(d) The Bible.

5. What do the three sections of "Invisible Man" represent?
(a) Darkness to dawn to full sun at noon.
(b) Purpose to passion to perception.
(c) Terror to understanding to acceptance.
(d) Ancient to modern to future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ellison reading when he begins writing "Invisible Man?"

2. What song moves Jackson into the public eye?

3. Who is LeRoi Jones?

4. What does Ellison believe is the true "Negro experience?"

5. How does Ellison start writing?

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