1. What does Falkner understand about racial social code of the South?
(a) It will never change.
(b) Destructive to both Negro and white parts of society.
(c) Here today, gone tomorrow.
(d) It is fragile and illusionary.

2. What are the three themes of "Shadow and Act" according to the Introduction?
(a) Literature, Jazz/Blues and the relationship between Negro America and American culture.
(b) Racism, Poverty and Obstruction of Justice.
(c) Classical Dance, Country Music and Folk Art.
(d) White people, Black people, and Native Americans.

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

4. Why does Ellison's family live in a middle class white neighborhood in Oklahoma City?
(a) His mother, a single parent, is a custodian in an apartment building there.
(b) There is no Negro neighborhood in Oklahoma City.
(c) Ellison's family has always been well to do and had nice houses.
(d) Ellison's father made a great deal of money in the railroad business.

5. What does Mark Twain do with the character of Jim that breaks through the black face minstrel tradition?
(a) Jim is stereotypical and boring.
(b) Jim's very serious and not at all fun.
(c) Jim performs black face without the paint.
(d) He's a complex, dignified and very human person.