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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Shadow and the Act, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the essay "Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke" what does Ellison say black face allows white America to do?
(a) Avoid looking at the shallowness of white American culture.
(b) Laugh and forget about its troubles and woes.
(c) See the Negro story from a different perspective.
(d) Pour out its hatred and fear in a theatrical form.

2. What is dangerous and different about Wright's attitude?
(a) Refused to participate in school.
(b) Was loud and demanding of others.
(c) Sought individual freedom in a "pre-individual" Negro culture.
(d) Ran for public office and refused to accept defeat.

3. What is Ellison's reaction to the term "Negro culture?"
(a) It is the world he longs to be in.
(b) The term is so vague as to be meaningless.
(c) Past and gone from sight.
(d) Highest type of culture.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Bible myth is referred to in "The World and the Jug?"

2. Where is the essay "Richard Wright's Blues" published and when?

3. Where might Crane have gotten information about the Civil War?

4. What does Ellison believe Negro folklore does?

5. What two types of music is Ellison torn between as a child?

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