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Ralph Ellison, an Uncommon card
Ralph Waldo Ellison was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Ralph Ellison quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ralph Ellison card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The New York Times dubbed him "among the gods of America's literary ______".
Answer
Parnassus. The New York Times dubbed him "among the gods of America's literary Parnassus". From the Ralph Ellison article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Ralph Waldo Ellison was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in ____.
Answer
1950s. Ralph Waldo Ellison was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953. From the Ralph Ellison article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lie algebra. Lie algebra 79 · Fallacy 75 · Ralph Ellison 72 · Bruce McCandless II 66 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Ellison wrote Shadow and Act, a collection of political, social, and critical essays, and Going to the Territory.
- The New York Times dubbed him "among the gods of America's literary Parnassus".
- A posthumous novel, Juneteenth, was published after being assembled from voluminous notes Ellison left upon his death.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ralph Ellison article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Ralph Ellison
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ralph Ellison (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : United States Information Agency staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
