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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes of a Native Son.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?
(a) Carmen Jones and Uncle Tom.
(b) Aunt Jemima and Carmen Jones.
(c) Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom.
(d) Aunt Jemima and Othello.

2. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?
(a) The music pieces were sung by white people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(b) The music pieces were sung by white men and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(c) The music pieces were sung by middle class black people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(d) The music pieces were sung in Italian and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.

3. How does Baldwin describe the relationship between the Negroes and the Jews in Harlem?
(a) Contentious.
(b) Unwanted.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Amicable.

4. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Dorothy Dandridge.
(b) Lena Horne.
(c) Pearl Bailey.
(d) Carmen Jones.

5. How does Baldwin say American life compares to life in other parts of the world in the 1940s?
(a) Life in America moves faster.
(b) Life in America moves at the same pace as other places in the world.
(c) People in America are indifferent to what is going on in other parts of the world.
(d) Life in America moves slower.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Baldwin's brothers were in the quartet?

2. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?

3. What occurred a few hours after the funeral of Baldwin's father?

4. According to Baldwin, both the Negro and the Jew are characterized as:

5. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?

(see the answer key)

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