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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 does Huckleberry Finn recognize about the Negro character, Jim?
(a) Jim is not only a slave, but a human being.
(b) Jim can make him lots of money if Huck will return him to his owner.
(c) Jim is very ill and near death.
(d) Jim knows the landscape and can take Huck anywhere.

2. Why does Ellison choose to analyze Mark Twain?
(a) Twain was married to a Negro woman.
(b) Twain offers a unique historical perspective.
(c) Twain was a slave owner and trader.
(d) Twain was a humorist.

3. As a child what is Wright unable to distinguish between?
(a) When to be quiet and when to speak.
(b) His fair-skinned grandmother and the white women of the town.
(c) Day and night.
(d) Right and Wrong.

4. Why does Ellison choose to analyze William Falkner?
(a) Falkner is a great artist and could not be left out of the discussion.
(b) Falkner is very critical of Ellison's novel.
(c) Falkner writes about Negro life with mixed motives but also with great success.
(d) Falkner is a close personal friend of Ellison.

5. What writers does Ellison wish had been included in the "Primer for White Folks"?
(a) Hispanic authors.
(b) More Negro writers.
(c) Young unknown writers.
(d) Major, widely-read American authors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ellison say civil wars are fought?

2. Why does Ellison consider Stephen Crane a great artist?

3. That Ellison's first novel might win a prestigious award makes him think what?

4. How old is Crane when he wrote his masterpiece "The Red Badge of Courage?"

5. What does Ellison say good fiction is made of?

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