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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 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellison say the greatest difficulty for the Negro writer is?
(a) Reveal what he truly feels rather than serving up what Negroes are supposed to feel.
(b) Find a subject worthy of his time and effort.
(c) Get someone to publish him because most of the publishers were white.
(d) Capture the Negro speech idiom and put it down on paper.

2. Which American writers is the piece "Black Boys and Native Sons" about?
(a) Irving Howe, Ralph Ellison and Joe Frasier.
(b) William Faulkner, Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Joe Henry, Jules Verne and Thomas Edison.
(d) Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin.

3. Hemingway carries on Twain's technical discoveries in writing but loses what?
(a) Twain's understanding that technique is to be used in the service of truth.
(b) Twain's political and social construct.
(c) Twain's humor and light approach to storytelling.
(d) Twain's focus on American subjects.

4. Why does Ellison chose not to emphasize the details of racial hardship in his life?
(a) Too painful for him to speak about.
(b) To avoid boring the audience.
(c) It is a Negro audience and they already know his story.
(d) It is a white audience and he fears they will be uncomfortable.

5. What is the name of the college Ellison attended?
(a) Rutgers.
(b) Tuskegee.
(c) Harvard.
(d) University of Oklahoma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What folk tradition does Ellison believe the black face figure grows out of?

2. What specific folk art form does "Black Boy" reflect?

3. Who is Stanley Edgar Hyman?

4. Why do Crane and his wife move to England?

5. Where and when is "The World and The Jug" published?

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