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

2. What is James Reese Europe known for?
(a) Starting a fire at Minton's.
(b) Protesting segregation.
(c) Inventing the fox trot.
(d) Playing the tenor sax.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellison do to find some peace and quiet?

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

3. What is unique about "The Way It Is" compared to the other essays?

4. What does Ellison say slaves had in place of freedom?

5. What does Jones analyze "bop" as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the Lefargue Psychiatric Clinic located?

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

3. What does Ellison say about a Negro President?

4. What does Ellison tell us about the matriarch, Mrs. Jackson, in "The Way It Is."

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

6. What place does "Living with Music" describe?

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

8. What was Jackson's early life like?

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

10. Who is LeRoi Jones?

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