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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?
(a) A Harlem apartment.
(b) A Chicago tenement.
(c) The projects of the Bronx, NY.
(d) A YMCA in Atlanta, GA.

3. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?
(a) Aunt Jemima and Carmen Jones.
(b) Aunt Jemima and Othello.
(c) Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom.
(d) Carmen Jones and Uncle Tom.

4. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?
(a) Othello.
(b) Little Women.
(c) Black Boy.
(d) Native Son.

5. According to Baldwin, what color is associated with evil?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Baldwin describe a "new society" in the book, Notes of a Native Son?

3. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?

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

5. According to Baldwin, who are the three most important characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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