2. Falkner writes exclusively of the southern experience yet Ellison believes him to be addressing what?
(a) Northern Negro experience.
(b) Nature of man.
(c) Inevitable rise and fall of every civilization.
(d) Effect of war upon culture.

3. What does Ellison believe writing is?
(a) Mindless activity.
(b) Channeling of higher beings.
(c) A way to criticize others.
(d) Ethical instrument.

4. What is the "Hidden Name" referred to in the title of Ellison's speech?
(a) The names given to Negro people by their slave owners.
(b) Ellison's middle name, Waldo.
(c) Ellison's father's name, George Washington Ellison.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

5. According to Ellison what does the term "the grays" mean?
(a) American melting pot.
(b) Slang word for feeling bored.
(c) Negro term for white people.
(d) Negro term for nightfall.

6. What musician does Ellison see as the true "trickster" archetype?
(a) Mahalia Jackson.
(b) Jack Benny.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

7. What folk tradition does Ellison believe the black face figure grows out of?
(a) America.
(b) Africa.
(c) West Indies.
(d) Europe.

8. How does Ellison describe the philosopher Kierkegaard in the "Stephen Crane.." essay?
(a) Philosopher king who wrecked the castle.
(b) Pinnacle of the romantic poets of the 1950s.
(c) The keeper of Sophocles flame.
(d) Household god for many contemporary novelists.

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

10. What Bible myth is referred to in "The World and the Jug?"
(a) Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
(b) Noah, Ham, Shem and Japheth.
(c) Garden of Eden.
(d) Baby Moses and the Pharaoh's daughter.

11. Why does Ellison consider Stephen Crane a great artist?
(a) He was the first great Negro author.
(b) He was talented in so many artistic fields.
(c) He wrote so many books.
(d) Under pressure and panic he stuck to his guns.

12. What is Ellison's original choice of career?
(a) Barber.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Politician.
(d) Musician.

13. Why does Oklahoma hold some freedom and equality for Negroes at the time Ellison lived there?
(a) There are almost no Negroes in Oklahoma.
(b) It is fully integrated and equality was legislated.
(c) Oklahoma is founded on Mormon principles which forbade prejudice.
(d) It has no tradition of slavery.

14. Hemingway carries on Twain's technical discoveries in writing but loses what?
(a) Twain's humor and light approach to storytelling.
(b) Twain's understanding that technique is to be used in the service of truth.
(c) Twain's political and social construct.
(d) Twain's focus on American subjects.

15. Ellison says Hemingway sought technical perfection rather than what?
(a) Fame and notoriety.
(b) Moral insight.
(c) Lyrical qualities.
(d) Financial gain.