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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. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?
(a) To the movies and to have drinks.
(b) To the casino.
(c) To downtown New York City.
(d) Atlantic City, NJ.

2. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?
(a) Immortal
(b) Immortal.
(c) Moral.
(d) Amoral.

3. Where is Harlem located?
(a) California.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Georgia.
(d) New York.

4. Where did Baldwin go after his father's funeral to celebrate his birthday?
(a) Downtown.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Atlantic City.

5. Who played the lead male role in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Harry Belafonte.
(b) Joe Adams.
(c) Sammy Davis, Jr.
(d) Sidney Poitier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?

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

3. How long had Baldwin been gone from home when his father passed away?

4. What does Baldwin say it means for the Negro to be religious?

5. According to Baldwin, at what point does the making of an American begin?

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