The prologue to this novel explains how a certain trait messes with one's sense of time so that “you're never quite on the beat.” A pamphlet by a “spiritual technologist” known for knob-toed shoes inspires the protagonist of this novel to follow his grandfather's advice and “overcome them with (15[1])yeses.” An old (15[1])man asks this novel’s protagonist for directions to Center Street before being told any train will take him to the Golden Day. The narrator of this novel’s prologue listens to (*) Louis [Lewis] Armstrong's “Black and Blue” on five record players at once in a (10[1])room illuminated by 1,369 light (10[1])bulbs. This novel’s protagonist quits the Brotherhood during a riot led by Ras the Exhorter. For 10 (10[1])points, others refuse to see the narrator of what novel by Ralph Ellison? (10[1])■END■