Ralph Ellison #282779 - Prove ed esercizi Zanichelli

Invisible Man: plot

A:

The protagonist refuses to live in an underground refuge.

B:

Towards the end, the protagonist is chased by a dog in Harlem.

C:

During a race riot, the protagonist falls into a manhole.

D:

The protagonist declares to be still underground.

Vero o falso

Ralph Ellison: life

Ralph Ellison was born in ________ City.
When he was three, Ralph Ellison lost his ________.
Ralph Ellison was aware of the myths of rural Negro ________.
In 1937 Ralph Ellison was able to study ________ and composition thanks to a scholarship.

Completamento aperto

Invisible Man: plot

The novel has a nameless Latin-American narrator, who is also the main character. This man lives in a basement on the border of Brooklyn where he doesn't pay for electricity: his house is illuminated by more than a hundred bulbs which drain off the power from Monopolated Light & Power. He lives in a state of fear from which he tells his life story.

Trova errore

Ralph Ellison: life

A:

In New York Ralph Ellison studied literature and took up sculpture.

B:

Ralph Ellison met Jerome David Salinger, who became a close friend of his.

C:

Ralph Ellison started teaching in 1957.

D:

Ralph Ellison died in Philadelphia in 1994.

Vero o falso

Ralph Ellison: life and works

Ralph Ellison

A:

wrote 'protest fiction'.

B:

was not involved in the civil rights struggle.

C:

thought that the artist had to concern himself mainly with his people.

D:

rejected ideology.

E:

believed in the importance of creative freedom.

Scelta multipla

Invisible Man: imagery

The novel presents contrasting images of darkness versus ________.
In the novel blindness is opposed to ________.
The black hero works in a factory that produces white ________.
Invisibility is the main ________.

Completamento aperto

Invisible Man: narrative technique

The retrospective narrator has a ________ tone.
The images used by the narrator are ________ and grotesque.
The Prologue announces the main themes, which are invisibility and ________.
In the Epilogue the narrator tells the reader that he will leave his ________.

Completamento chiuso

Invisible Man: plot

The main character tries to explore his ________.
The main character listens to a ________ record by Louis Armstrong.
The main character spent his ________ in the South.
When the main character arrived in New York, he was looking for a ________.

Posizionamento

Invisible Man: imagery

Tick the words and phrases related to the imagery used in Invisible Man.

A:

Denied individuality

B:

Stereotypes

C:

Infertile retreat

D:

Rebirth

E:

Flowers

Scelta multipla

Invisible Man: themes

One of the main themes of the novel is the ________ of the individual in a big city.
The novel explores the theme of the search for ________.
In the novel the sense of ________ prevails over desperation.
Society is considered ________ and impossible to change.

Posizionamento