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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives on the left of Ellison?
(a) Large family with several sets of infant twins.
(b) Jazz drummer and trumpet player.
(c) Husband and wife who constantly bicker.
(d) Night shift worker who likes Count Bassie.

2. What childhood memory does Ellison draw on to deal with his artistic nemesis?
(a) Learning to play the trumpet.
(b) Being forced to kneel and pray at church.
(c) His father's death.
(d) Falling off a large statue.

3. What magazine does Ellison write music reviews for?
(a) New Yorker.
(b) Music Town Tonight.
(c) Saturday Review.
(d) Negro Nightlife.

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

5. Who lives above Ellison?
(a) Exercise club.
(b) Tap dancer.
(c) Judo training facility.
(d) Diligent classical singer.

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

7. Is Ellison interested primarily in injustice or art?
(a) Neither.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Both equally.
(d) Art.

8. What is Mrs. Jackson cooking in "The Way It Is?"
(a) Hot dogs and tuna fish casserole.
(b) Venison and lima beans.
(c) Peas, rice and pork chops.
(d) Chili con carne.

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

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

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

12. Where does Charlie Christian come from?
(a) Oklahoma City.
(b) Topeka.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Harlem.

13. Jones contends "A slave cannot be a ______" (fill in word).
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Communist.
(c) Man.
(d) Musician.

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

15. What kind of bird does Ellison say Parker is?
(a) Silly Turkey.
(b) Haunting Vulture.
(c) Sad Crow.
(d) Poor Robin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fee for clients at the Lafargue Psychiatric Clinic?

2. From what did Parker struggle to escape?

3. What do the three sections of "Invisible Man" represent?

4. What does Ellison read in 1935 that moves and intrigues him?

5. What is Ellison reading when he begins writing "Invisible Man?"

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