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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 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of jug does Ellison believe young Negro writers, such as himself, are in?
(a) Expensive jug, one to be carefully guarded.
(b) Transparent jug, stuck inside but able to see out.
(c) Broken jug, leaking and being wasted.
(d) Small overcrowded jug.

2. What is Jimmy Rushing's instrument?
(a) Violin.
(b) Voice.
(c) Piano.
(d) Banjo.

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

4. What two types of music is Ellison torn between as a child?
(a) Sacred and Profane.
(b) Country Western and Soul.
(c) Negro folk and Western classical.
(d) Be-bop and Big Band.

5. Who is Richard Wright to Ellison?
(a) Spiritual father who nurtured and guided Ellison's writing.
(b) Friend for whose magazine he wrote his first book review and short story.
(c) Source of Ellison's inspiration and success.
(d) Hero and the mentor of all Ellison's work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellison suggest as a subtitle for "Primer for White Folks?"

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

3. Where does Charlie Parker die?

4. Who is the editor of "The Primer for White Folks?"

5. Where and when is "The World and The Jug" published?

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