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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. How has Harlem changed since Baldwin's parents' lifetime?
(a) Not much.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Somewhat in the Jewish occupied areas.
(d) A great deal.

2. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1954.

3. What negative stereotype does the character Carmen Jones perpetuate?
(a) The stereotype of rampant sexuality.
(b) The stereotype of Negro women being the desire of white men's lust.
(c) The stereotype of light skinned Negroes being smarter than dark skinned Negroes.
(d) The stereotype of subservient Negro women.

4. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?
(a) Social Literature.
(b) Problem Literature.
(c) Change Literature.
(d) Protest Literature.

5. Where was Baldwin's father born?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?

2. What does Baldwin claim Jews and Negroes must use in order to be accepted in the 1940s and 1950s?

3. Who was the presidential candidate representing the Progressive Party at the time Baldwin wrote this essay?

4. What's the name of Baldwin's brother who relayed his experience with the Melodeers in Atlanta?

5. Since Negroes have been in this country, Baldwin writes that their one devastating gain was:

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