Shadow and Act Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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Shadow and Act Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Shadow and the Act, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Other white cultures have black face type entertainment, but what is different about American black face?
(a) American black face is performed by Negro actors only.
(b) The American history of slavery makes it a "ritual of exorcism."
(c) The American history of inclusive entertainment makes it acceptable.
(d) American black face is always light and fun.

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

3. Who co-founds modern jazz with Parker?
(a) Jimmy Rushing.
(b) Pat Brown.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Dizzy Gillespie.

4. According to Ellison what does the term "the grays" mean?
(a) Slang word for feeling bored.
(b) Negro term for nightfall.
(c) American melting pot.
(d) Negro term for white people.

5. What childhood memory does Ellison draw on to deal with his artistic nemesis?
(a) Learning to play the trumpet.
(b) Being forced to kneel and pray at church.
(c) Falling off a large statue.
(d) His father's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Ellison have "Invisible Man" completely thought out prior to writing it?

2. What is it that widens Ellison's world in a dramatic way?

3. Where is Minton's located?

4. What is the name of the college Ellison attended?

5. How does Ellison describe Mahalia Jackson?

(see the answer key)

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