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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is unique about "The Way It Is" compared to the other essays?
(a) Has no humor.
(b) Recommends communism.
(c) Focuses on Negro persons.
(d) Written as a narrative story.

3. From what did Parker struggle to escape?
(a) Color-blindness.
(b) Illiteracy.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Role of entertainer.

4. Where is Minton's located?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. In "The Art of Fiction: An Interview" what does Ellison say at the very beginning?
(a) I don't have much time so hurry up.
(b) "Invisible Man" is not an autobiography.
(c) All questions must be submitted on paper first.
(d) Did you hear the one about the three guys who go into a bar?

6. Who are the two main characters in "Intruder in the Dust?"
(a) Chick Mallison and Lucas Beauchamp.
(b) Joe and Mal.
(c) William Faulkner and Maria Sothington.
(d) Mark Marroni and Leroy Belvadon.

7. How does Ellison describe Mahalia Jackson?
(a) High Priestess.
(b) Uncle Tom.
(c) Jazz Diva.
(d) Female Louis Armstrong.

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

9. What establishment is to the right of Ellison?
(a) Dog training school with night classes.
(b) Restaurant with an enormous jute box.
(c) Police Academy with indoor shooting range.
(d) Brothel with large dance hall.

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

11. What is Jimmy Rushing's instrument?
(a) Violin.
(b) Voice.
(c) Piano.
(d) Banjo.

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

13. Who is Charlie Christian?
(a) Haunting blues trumpeter.
(b) Greatest jazz guitarist.
(c) Highest paid night club singer.
(d) Innovative drummer.

14. What do the blues capture?
(a) Personality of the singer.
(b) Religion of the Negro people.
(c) Tragic and comic sense of the human condition.
(d) The time period in which they were written.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie Christian play when he was a young child?

2. What falls on Ellison and his wife while they sleep?

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

4. Where does Charlie Christian come from?

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

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