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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. When was Baldwin's father born?
(a) 1889.
(b) During slavery.
(c) 1900.
(d) It is unknown.

2. What are there more of in Harlem than any other ghetto in the city?
(a) Prisons.
(b) Churches.
(c) Homes.
(d) Grocery Stores.

3. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?
(a) Age.
(b) History.
(c) Time.
(d) Slavery.

4. 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?
(a) Black men are inferior to white men.
(b) The Negro is a man without a homeland.
(c) Blacks need to make themselves less offensive.
(d) Black is a terrible color with which to be born into the world.

5. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?
(a) It had an all-white cast.
(b) It had an all-Negro cast.
(c) It had an all-African cast.
(d) It had an interracial cast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the legal guardian and road manager of the Melodeers during their journey to Atlanta?

3. How is history and the progress of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

4. What was the profession of Baldwin's father?

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

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