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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, The Seer and the Seen, Section 4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Mark Twain?
(a) Twain offers a unique historical perspective.
(b) Twain was married to a Negro woman.
(c) Twain was a humorist.
(d) Twain was a slave owner and trader.
2. How does Ellison describe the philosopher Kierkegaard in the "Stephen Crane.." essay?
(a) Philosopher king who wrecked the castle.
(b) Pinnacle of the romantic poets of the 1950s.
(c) Household god for many contemporary novelists.
(d) The keeper of Sophocles flame.
3. What are Crane's parents like?
(a) Marxist sympathizers.
(b) Libertine alcoholics.
(c) French born intellectuals.
(d) Fundamentalist Christians.
4. What does Falkner understand about racial social code of the South?
(a) Here today, gone tomorrow.
(b) Destructive to both Negro and white parts of society.
(c) It is fragile and illusionary.
(d) It will never change.
5. Where might Crane have gotten information about the Civil War?
(a) Manuscripts and letters.
(b) Intensive scholarly research.
(c) His brother.
(d) His own experience.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Ellison what does the term "the grays" mean?
2. Why does Oklahoma hold some freedom and equality for Negroes at the time Ellison lived there?
3. Other white cultures have black face type entertainment, but what is different about American black face?
4. Where does Ellison say civil wars are fought?
5. What folk tradition does Ellison believe the black face figure grows out of?
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