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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who are the two primary managers of Minton's?
(a) Henry Minton and Teddy Hill.
(b) Henry Minton and Joey Minton.
(c) Henry Minton and Louis Armstrong.
(d) Henry Minton and Ralph Ellison.

4. Who interviews Ellison in "The Art of Fiction?"
(a) Gertrude Whittall and T. S. Eliot.
(b) Alfred Chester & Vilma Howard.
(c) John Jacob & Nancy Kerry.
(d) Donald Gibson and Bob Edwards.

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

6. What is the original title of the film "The Birth of a Nation?"
(a) Domination.
(b) KKK Army.
(c) The Clansman.
(d) White Pride.

7. What do people eat at Minton's?
(a) Hamburgers and hot dogs.
(b) Fried chicken, hash, grits, biscuits and hot rolls.
(c) Peanuts and beer.
(d) Caviar, champagne and escargot.

8. What does the drunk of legend who lives on the corner like to yell?
(a) I'm lost.
(b) It's a long way to Tipperary.
(c) Ain't nobody here but me.
(d) Shut up.

9. What is the fee for clients at the Lafargue Psychiatric Clinic?
(a) One dollar.
(b) Twenty five dollars.
(c) Twenty five cents.
(d) One hundred dollars.

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

11. Where is the book review "Blues People" published and when?
(a) Saturday Review, 1945.
(b) Cleveland Times, 1974.
(c) Tukumpsee Reader, 1930.
(d) New York Review, 1964.

12. How did Mrs. Jackson's nephew William die?
(a) Drugs and alcohol.
(b) Hit by enemy fire during a battle in France.
(c) Submarine torpedoes sank the ship he was working on.
(d) Suicide.

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

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

15. In "Blues People" how are the blues categorized?
(a) Country or classic.
(b) Poetic or Sociological.
(c) Negro or White.
(d) Good or bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ellison's reaction to the term "Negro culture?"

2. Who is the author of the novel "Intruder in the Dust?"

3. What does the hero of "Invisible Man" do that is a common theme in Negro folklore?

4. What kind of radio does Ellison have?

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

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