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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. Where is Gunnar Myrdal from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Japan.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Sweden.

2. That Ellison's first novel might win a prestigious award makes him think what?
(a) He is a brilliant writer.
(b) The committee has made a huge mistake.
(c) He is chosen only because he is Negro.
(d) There is a crisis in the American novel.

3. Why are slaves able to express themselves in art?
(a) They were given artistic education by slave owners.
(b) Entertainment was enforced by white culture.
(c) They came from African cultures where art was highly functional.
(d) Art was seen as harmless by slave owners.

4. What does Wright do at age four?
(a) Begins to read.
(b) Plays the piano.
(c) Sets the house on fire.
(d) Makes a speech at church.

5. What does Ellison suggest as a subtitle for "Primer for White Folks?"
(a) How-to book for Bigots and Innocents.
(b) Method for finding Peace and Harmony among the Races.
(c) Short Course on the American Negro for Those Who "Beat That Boy".
(d) Comprehensive Study of the Unruly Seas of Race.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that widens Ellison's world in a dramatic way?

2. Where and when is the essay "Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke" published?

3. What does Falkner understand about racial social code of the South?

4. Where is Ellison's review of Myrdal's book published?

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

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