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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 Hotel is Minton's part of?
(a) Hotel LaGrand.
(b) Hotel Barbero.
(c) Hotel Plaza.
(d) Hotel Cecil.

2. Why does Ellison choose to analyze William Falkner?
(a) Falkner is a close personal friend of Ellison.
(b) Falkner writes about Negro life with mixed motives but also with great success.
(c) Falkner is very critical of Ellison's novel.
(d) Falkner is a great artist and could not be left out of the discussion.

3. What do people eat at Minton's?
(a) Peanuts and beer.
(b) Hamburgers and hot dogs.
(c) Fried chicken, hash, grits, biscuits and hot rolls.
(d) Caviar, champagne and escargot.

4. Who is Henry Bowman Otto Davis?
(a) Editor of the first magazine which published Ellison.
(b) Author of "Radios and Communication, a guide."
(c) Little white boy known as Hoolie befriended by the young Ellison.
(d) Father of Ellison's grade school nemesis, Horatio Davis.

5. What year are the African slaves introduced into the American Colonies?
(a) 1619.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1801.
(d) 1432.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jimmy Rushing's instrument?

2. What does Crane die of and where?

3. For Ellison a primary difference between Twain and Hemingway is what?

4. What street is Minton's on?

5. What instrument does Henry Minton play?

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