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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Sound and the Mainstream, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is LeRoi Jones?
(a) Journalist, painter and fencing master.
(b) Trumpeter and composer.
(c) Drummer, restaurant owner and chef.
(d) Jazz critic, author, poet and editor.

3. What is Ellison reading when he begins writing "Invisible Man?"
(a) "The Hero" by Lord Raglan.
(b) "Native Son" by Richard Wright.
(c) "The Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.
(d) "The Problem of Leadership" by Rod Mitchell

4. How does Ellison define the "understanding of art?"
(a) It is not to be understood, only felt.
(b) Depending upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity.
(c) Limited to a very few elite patrons.
(d) Created by the whims of the culture at the time.

5. What three ways do Negroes in Wright's childhood survive?
(a) Embrace, celebrate, or be grateful.
(b) Accept, repress or fight.
(c) Vote, campaign, or legislate.
(d) Enjoy, relax, or savor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Blues People" how are the blues categorized?

2. Violence is inflicted upon Wright by family, friends, and society as a whole. What is his response?

3. What does Jones advise his audience to do?

4. As a child what is Wright unable to distinguish between?

5. Is Ellison interested primarily in injustice or art?

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