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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 limited narrative.
(b) First person narrative.
(c) Third person narrative.
(d) Second person narrative.

2. How are the oppressed and oppressor described in the book, Notes of a Native Son?
(a) They are bound together within the same society.
(b) They are both are oppressed.
(c) They are divided by society.
(d) They are separated by common law.

3. According to Baldwin, if black faces cannot be made white then what other way can they be changed in order to be less offensive to white society?
(a) Clear.
(b) Blank.
(c) Light.
(d) White.

4. What are protest novels?
(a) Fantasies connecting nowhere to reality.
(b) Socialism connecting nowhere to racism.
(c) Racism connecting nowhere to social policy.
(d) Reality connecting nowhere with fantasy.

5. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?
(a) Slavery era.
(b) Colonial.
(c) Pre-civil rights era.
(d) Civil rights era.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Native Son?

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

3. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?

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

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

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