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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. Who are the two primary managers of Minton's?
(a) Henry Minton and Ralph Ellison.
(b) Henry Minton and Teddy Hill.
(c) Henry Minton and Louis Armstrong.
(d) Henry Minton and Joey Minton.

2. Where does Charlie Parker die?
(a) Crossing the Atlantic.
(b) Alley behind Minton's.
(c) Mental hospital.
(d) Hotel suite of a Baroness.

3. What does the chaos of noise cause in Ellison?
(a) Writer's block.
(b) Hearing loss.
(c) Peace and Joy.
(d) Mental Illness.

4. What does Ellison praise about "Primer for White Folks?"
(a) The search for images of black and white fraternity.
(b) Easy to read and young children will like it.
(c) Short and to the point.
(d) Realistic and therefore does not contain much hope.

5. In the essay "Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke" what does Ellison say black face allows white America to do?
(a) Laugh and forget about its troubles and woes.
(b) Avoid looking at the shallowness of white American culture.
(c) Pour out its hatred and fear in a theatrical form.
(d) See the Negro story from a different perspective.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three major section of the "Primer for White Folks?"

2. Where is the essay "Stephen Crane and the Mainstream of American Fiction" published?

3. What is the Negro child taught to see the white man as?

4. What does the phrase "to finger its jagged grain and to transcend it" refer to?

5. Who is Stanley Edgar Hyman?

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