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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song moves Jackson into the public eye?
(a) Amazing Grace.
(b) Wings of a Dove.
(c) Move On Up a Little Higher.
(d) Der Lieberstein.

2. What magazine does Ellison write music reviews for?
(a) Music Town Tonight.
(b) Negro Nightlife.
(c) Saturday Review.
(d) New Yorker.

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

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

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

6. What church does Mahalia grow up in?
(a) Roman Catholic.
(b) African Episcopal.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Pentecostal.

7. What is the significance of printing Negro with a capital N?
(a) There is no significance.
(b) Victory for Negro people's self-definition.
(c) Dismissive category.
(d) Typographical error.

8. Who lives on the left of Ellison?
(a) Large family with several sets of infant twins.
(b) Night shift worker who likes Count Bassie.
(c) Jazz drummer and trumpet player.
(d) Husband and wife who constantly bicker.

9. What is the "Shadow" which Hollywood produces?
(a) Dark tales of slavery and oppression.
(b) Flickering films about Negros.
(c) An illusionary view of the world.
(d) Back alley deals with racists.

10. Where is the book review "Blues People" published and when?
(a) Saturday Review, 1945.
(b) New York Review, 1964.
(c) Cleveland Times, 1974.
(d) Tukumpsee Reader, 1930.

11. What is the "Act" Ellison refers to in the title of both the essay and the book?
(a) Reality.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Violence.

12. What is Ellison reading when he begins writing "Invisible Man?"
(a) "The Hero" by Lord Raglan.
(b) "Native Son" by Richard Wright.
(c) "The Problem of Leadership" by Rod Mitchell
(d) "The Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.

13. What is Ellison's reaction to the term "Negro culture?"
(a) The term is so vague as to be meaningless.
(b) It is the world he longs to be in.
(c) Past and gone from sight.
(d) Highest type of culture.

14. What institutions does Minton's evolve out of?
(a) Clef Club and Rhythm Club.
(b) New York Jazz Organization and Rockefeller Trust.
(c) NAACP and YMCA.
(d) Asbury Baptist and League of Women Voters.

15. Is Ellison interested primarily in injustice or art?
(a) Neither.
(b) Art.
(c) Both equally.
(d) Injustice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hotel is Minton's part of?

2. Who says Negro dock workers were the best singers of Irish songs?

3. What do people eat at Minton's?

4. Why are slaves able to express themselves in art?

5. What is Jimmy Rushing's instrument?

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