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

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

3. Who painted the mural that is displayed above Minton's bandstand?
(a) Charles Graham.
(b) Anonymous W.P.A. worker.
(c) Ralph Ellison.
(d) Paul Cezanne.

4. Where is the Lafargue Psychiatric Clinic?
(a) Lafargue.
(b) Biloxi.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Harlem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellison define the "understanding of art?"

2. What is the "Shadow" which Hollywood produces?

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

4. What kind of bird does Ellison say Parker is?

5. What is the basic spiritual outlook of the American Negro?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the "drunk of legend" who lives on the corner do?

2. What type of food is served at Minton's?

3. Where is the Lefargue Psychiatric Clinic located?

4. What does Ellison say is the invisible man's discovery?

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

6. What was Jackson's early life like?

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

8. What does Ellison understand the term "Negro culture" to mean?

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

10. What is the film "Intruder in the Dust" about?

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