Notes of a Native Son Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Everybody's Protest Novel

1. Who is the author of Native Son?

Richard Wright.

2. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe.

3. According to Baldwin, who are the three most important characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

George, Eliza, and Uncle Tom.

4. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?

Pre-civil rights era.

5. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?

First person narrative.

6. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?

Native Son.

7. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?

Racial prejudice.

8. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?

Little Women.

9. Baldwin believes that the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin should have been:

A Pamphlet.

10. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?

To prove slavery is wrong.