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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Many Thousands Gone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?
(a) First person narrative.
(b) Second person narrative.
(c) Third person narrative.
(d) First person limited narrative.

2. How does Baldwin describe a "new society" in the book, Notes of a Native Son?
(a) One in which inequalities will disappear and vengeance will be exacted.
(b) One in which Negros resume their slave duties.
(c) One in which Negros and Whites work together.
(d) One in which inequalities change because of protests.

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

4. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) A gloomy mist.
(b) A mass of darkness.
(c) A series of shadows.
(d) A series of mishaps.

5. Although it is known that African Americans are not biologically or mentally inferior, what occurred during the World War II?
(a) The troops were evaluated.
(b) African Americans were not allowed to fight.
(c) The troops were segregated.
(d) The troops were integrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?

2. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?

3. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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

5. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?

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