Shadow and Act Test | Final Test - Easy

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Shadow and Act Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellison believe Negro folklore does?
(a) Makes white people comfortable.
(b) Reveals the most intimate part of American history.
(c) Keeps Negros down.
(d) Tells lies about the past.

2. Who is LeRoi Jones?
(a) Trumpeter and composer.
(b) Journalist, painter and fencing master.
(c) Drummer, restaurant owner and chef.
(d) Jazz critic, author, poet and editor.

3. What does Jones advise his audience to do?
(a) Read his poetry outdoors.
(b) Eat plenty of vegetables.
(c) Approach his work, "Blues People" as a theoretical endeavor.
(d) Protest against the Vietnam war.

4. How did Mrs. Jackson's nephew William die?
(a) Drugs and alcohol.
(b) Hit by enemy fire during a battle in France.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Submarine torpedoes sank the ship he was working on.

5. What does the drunk of legend who lives on the corner like to yell?
(a) I'm lost.
(b) It's a long way to Tipperary.
(c) Shut up.
(d) Ain't nobody here but me.

6. In "The Art of Fiction: An Interview" what does Ellison say at the very beginning?
(a) All questions must be submitted on paper first.
(b) Did you hear the one about the three guys who go into a bar?
(c) I don't have much time so hurry up.
(d) "Invisible Man" is not an autobiography.

7. What falls on Ellison and his wife while they sleep?
(a) Tape machine.
(b) Ceiling.
(c) Box of books.
(d) Drum set.

8. What is James Reese Europe known for?
(a) Starting a fire at Minton's.
(b) Protesting segregation.
(c) Playing the tenor sax.
(d) Inventing the fox trot.

9. What instrument does Henry Minton play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Piano.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Bassoon.

10. What do people eat at Minton's?
(a) Caviar, champagne and escargot.
(b) Fried chicken, hash, grits, biscuits and hot rolls.
(c) Hamburgers and hot dogs.
(d) Peanuts and beer.

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

12. Why does "Invisible Man" take so long to complete?
(a) Not perfect enough.
(b) No ending.
(c) The transitions the character goes through.
(d) Too many versions of the book.

13. What does Ellison read in 1935 that moves and intrigues him?
(a) R. Wright's "Black Boy."
(b) Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
(c) Voltaire's "Moliere."
(d) T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land."

14. What is Mrs. Jackson cooking in "The Way It Is?"
(a) Peas, rice and pork chops.
(b) Chili con carne.
(c) Hot dogs and tuna fish casserole.
(d) Venison and lima beans.

15. Does Ellison have "Invisible Man" completely thought out prior to writing it?
(a) Yes, the conceptual framework was in place.
(b) Partly, he knew what the ending would be, but that was all.
(c) Ellison refuses to discuss his writing method.
(d) No, he just wrote as it came to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the book review "Blues People" published and when?

2. What is the fee for clients at the Lafargue Psychiatric Clinic?

3. What does Jones analyze "bop" as?

4. Who are the two main characters in "Intruder in the Dust?"

5. What does Ellison do to find some peace and quiet?

(see the answer keys)

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