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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

2. 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 reaches Ellis Island in New York.
(c) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and receives their U.S. citizenship from the government.
(d) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and adopts the venture of the adopted land.

3. 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 and Whites work together.
(c) One in which Negros resume their slave duties.
(d) One in which inequalities change because of protests.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the story of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

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

3. Although it is known that African Americans are not biologically or mentally inferior, what occurred during the World War II?

4. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?

5. Protest novels are said to resemble:

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