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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the final grade Jackson finished in school?
(a) 8th.
(b) 3rd.
(c) Graduate degree in music.
(d) Freshman in college.

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

3. What is Charlie Parker's nickname?
(a) Horn.
(b) C.P.
(c) Noodle.
(d) Bird.

4. When is "The Birth of a Nation" released?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1990.

5. 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) "Invisible Man" is not an autobiography.
(c) I don't have much time so hurry up.
(d) Did you hear the one about the three guys who go into a bar?

Short Answer Questions

1. What song moves Jackson into the public eye?

2. What does Charlie Christian play when he was a young child?

3. Where is Minton's located?

4. When does Jones place the beginnings of the blues?

5. What do the three sections of "Invisible Man" represent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellison understand the term "Negro culture" to mean?

2. How does the early film "Birth of the Nation" portray Negro persons?

3. What experience in Ellison's childhood gives him patience with his upstairs singing neighbor?

4. What are the two categories Jones places the blues in?

5. What does the "drunk of legend" who lives on the corner do?

6. Where is the Lefargue Psychiatric Clinic located?

7. Who is LeRoi Jones?

8. What does the mural above the bandstand at Minton's depict?

9. What type of food is served at Minton's?

10. Who is Mahalia Jackson?

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