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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. Who was the legal guardian and road manager of the Melodeers during their journey to Atlanta?
(a) Branson Price.
(b) Henry Wallace.
(c) Adam Jones.
(d) Clarence Warde.

2. Why does Baldwin criticize the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set?
(a) Because they do not accurately portray the working-class.
(b) Because it does not accurately portray the American ghetto.
(c) Because they do not accurately portray the environments of the working class Negroes characterized in the movie.
(d) Because they do not show the intermingling of working class Negroes and Whites.

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

4. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?
(a) Because Blacks were in need of money.
(b) Because it was treated with little respect.
(c) Because Whites has a great influence in Black politics.
(d) Because Blacks did care about politics.

5. How long did the quartet's trip to Atlanta last?
(a) 14 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 16 days.
(d) 18 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion of Baldwin's father does he describe as "never to be trusted"?

2. What newspaper rivaled the Amsterdam Star-News in the 1940s?

3. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?

4. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?

5. What does Baldwin suggest the presupposition of the two novels Kingsblood Royal and If He Hollers Let Him Go are in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

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