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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 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the origin of the essay "Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke?"
(a) "Invisible Man."
(b) Short story about lynching.
(c) Letter written by Ellison when he was living in Rome to an old friend.
(d) Treatise on the folk art of tying knots.
2. What folk tradition does Ellison believe the black face figure grows out of?
(a) Africa.
(b) Europe.
(c) West Indies.
(d) America.
3. What is the relationship between Ellison and Stanley Hyman?
(a) Professors competing over the same university job.
(b) Cousins who grew up together in Oklahoma.
(c) Friends and intellectual sparing partners.
(d) Writers who abhor each other's work.
4. What book does Hemingway believe all modern American fiction sprang from?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) Huckleberry Finn.
(d) The Red Badge of Courage.
5. Ellison says Hemingway sought technical perfection rather than what?
(a) Lyrical qualities.
(b) Fame and notoriety.
(c) Moral insight.
(d) Financial gain.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Crane when he wrote his masterpiece "The Red Badge of Courage?"
2. For Ellison a primary difference between Twain and Hemingway is what?
3. What does the phrase "beating that boy" mean?
4. How old is Stephen Crane when he dies?
5. What is minstrel show black face?
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