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

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

3. What happened on the same day that Baldwin's father died?
(a) The eighth child was born.
(b) The ninth child was born.
(c) The tenth child was born.
(d) The seventh child was born.

4. What does Baldwin say it means for the Negro to be religious?
(a) He stands in fear of man.
(b) He stands in fear of creation.
(c) He stands in fear of beast.
(d) He stands in fear of God.

5. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?
(a) The loss of our own identity.
(b) The loss of Negroes to slavery.
(c) The loss of racial identity.
(d) The loss of African American identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Negroes have been in this country, Baldwin writes that their one devastating gain was:

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

3. How long did the quartet's trip to Atlanta last?

4. Who was the representative of the Progressive Party in Atlanta?

5. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?

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