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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 is the Negro child taught to see the white man as?
(a) Something to be ignored.
(b) A being from another planet.
(c) Wise and loyal.
(d) Omniscient, omnipotent and as relentless as a Mississippi flood.

2. What is the "Shadow" which Hollywood produces?
(a) An illusionary view of the world.
(b) Dark tales of slavery and oppression.
(c) Flickering films about Negros.
(d) Back alley deals with racists.

3. How does Ellison describe his relationship with Howe?
(a) Comrades in arms.
(b) Alienation and scorn.
(c) Antagonistic cooperation.
(d) Bitterly opposed enemies.

4. What is Ellison's original career direction?
(a) Heal the sick.
(b) Play the trumpet.
(c) Tend gardens.
(d) Design buildings.

5. What is the final grade Jackson finished in school?
(a) 3rd.
(b) Freshman in college.
(c) 8th.
(d) Graduate degree in music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Minton's Playhouse?

2. What does Ellison hope "An American Dilemma" does not become?

3. What Bible myth is referred to in "The World and the Jug?"

4. What is dangerous and different about Wright's attitude?

5. What instrument does Henry Minton play?

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