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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What street is Minton's on?
(a) 118th Street.
(b) Broadway.
(c) 11th Avenue.
(d) 1st Avenue.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Mrs. Jackson's nephew William die?

3. Who lives above Ellison?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of music does the upstairs singer practice all day?

2. What does Ellison believe Jackson's greatest gift is?

3. Why does Ellison disagree with Jones when he says "A slave cannot be a man"?

4. What does the mural above the bandstand at Minton's depict?

5. What experience in Ellison's childhood gives him patience with his upstairs singing neighbor?

6. Who is LeRoi Jones?

7. What does Ellison believe is the primary American theme in both life and literature?

8. Who is Mahalia Jackson?

9. Where is "Minton's Playhouse" located?

10. Who is Teddy Hill?

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