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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. According to Baldwin, at what point does the making of an American begin?
(a) At the point that the person enters the country and adopts the venture of the adopted land.
(b) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and adopts the venture of the adopted land.
(c) At the point where the individual reaches Ellis Island in New York.
(d) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and receives their U.S. citizenship from the government.

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

3. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?
(a) He has divided Negro men and women.
(b) He has divided the Jews and Negroes.
(c) He has taught the Negro to be inferior.
(d) He treats the Negro like a slave.

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

5. How is history and the progress of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) Sufficient.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Anti-Social.
(d) Social.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the aim of the quartet groups like the Melodeers?

2. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?

3. 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?

4. According to Baldwin, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?

5. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?

(see the answer key)

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