Shadow and Act Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Shadow and Act Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oklahoma hold some freedom and equality for Negroes at the time Ellison lived there?

2. What distresses Ellison most about the essay "Black Boys and Native Sons?"

3. What is the Negro child taught to see the white man as?

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

5. What musician does Ellison see as the true "trickster" archetype?

Short Essay Questions

1. What writers are at issue in the exchange between Irving Howe and Ralph Ellison?

2. What does the phrase "The World and the Jug" refers to?

3. How did a library for Negro persons emerge in Oklahoma City?

4. Why does Ellison consider Stephen Crane to be such a great artist?

5. What does Ellison compare Wright's personal journey of blooming to?

6. What does Ellison admire most about "The Primer for White Folks?"

7. What is Ellison's basic quarrel with Hyman?

8. Who was it that suggested to Ellison that he review a book and write a short story?

9. What, for Ellison, is the great shaping event of twentieth-century fiction?

10. What is the "hidden name" Ellison is referring in the title of his speech to the Library of Congress in 1064?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the essay about Twentieth Century Fiction Ellison is sharply critical of Hemingway. What is it that Hemingway lacks which disappoints Ellison so much? Is his criticism solely of Hemingway or is Ellison critiquing a generation of writers? What changes in the twenty century after World War I? Why does the Negro character disappear? What is Ellison's final conclusion in reference to Hemingway and his technical brilliance?

Essay Topic 2

The final essay in the book was never published. It is a book review of the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal who was brought in by the Carnegie Foundation to study the "Negro problem." What is Ellison's primary reaction to the book? What is positive in Myrdal's assessment? What does Ellison object to? Why do you think the review was never published?

Essay Topic 3

The Lafargue Psychiatric Clinic is profiled with a sense of gratitude and anger. What is Ellison angry about and why? As much as he admires the clinic, why does he feel it should not be necessary? What is at the source of mental suffering for many persons in the Harlem community?

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