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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is remarkable about the psychiatric staff?
(a) Not licensed by the state.
(b) Have no experience.
(c) Have no psychiatric training.
(d) Receive no salary.

3. What song moves Jackson into the public eye?
(a) Move On Up a Little Higher.
(b) Der Lieberstein.
(c) Wings of a Dove.
(d) Amazing Grace.

4. What is the basic spiritual outlook of the American Negro?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Pentecostal.
(c) Ontological.
(d) Cosmological.

5. What instrument does Henry Minton play?
(a) Bassoon.
(b) Piano.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Guitar.

6. Does Ellison have "Invisible Man" completely thought out prior to writing it?
(a) No, he just wrote as it came to him.
(b) Yes, the conceptual framework was in place.
(c) Ellison refuses to discuss his writing method.
(d) Partly, he knew what the ending would be, but that was all.

7. What does Jones analyze "bop" as?
(a) Cultivated blues disguised as popular culture.
(b) Attempt to circumvent critics.
(c) Misguided anger towards society.
(d) Conscious gesture of separation.

8. What does the chaos of noise cause in Ellison?
(a) Writer's block.
(b) Peace and Joy.
(c) Hearing loss.
(d) Mental Illness.

9. Who is LeRoi Jones?
(a) Journalist, painter and fencing master.
(b) Trumpeter and composer.
(c) Jazz critic, author, poet and editor.
(d) Drummer, restaurant owner and chef.

10. What does the hero of "Invisible Man" do that is a common theme in Negro folklore?
(a) Writes his thoughts in song lyrics.
(b) Layers meaning under jokes and images of nature.
(c) Hides his true self from the world.
(d) Travels from the south and goes north to find freedom.

11. What is the significance of printing Negro with a capital N?
(a) Dismissive category.
(b) There is no significance.
(c) Typographical error.
(d) Victory for Negro people's self-definition.

12. What is Minton's Playhouse?
(a) Historic Jazz Club.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Day Care Center.
(d) Broadway theater.

13. Who is the author of the novel "Intruder in the Dust?"
(a) Maria Sothington.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Ralph Ellison.

14. What falls on Ellison and his wife while they sleep?
(a) Ceiling.
(b) Drum set.
(c) Tape machine.
(d) Box of books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two main characters in "Intruder in the Dust?"

2. In "The Art of Fiction: An Interview" what does Ellison say at the very beginning?

3. What childhood memory does Ellison draw on to deal with his artistic nemesis?

4. What kind of bird does Ellison say Parker is?

5. What is the first book Ellison ever reviews in a publication?

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