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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) Colonial.
(b) Civil rights era.
(c) Slavery era.
(d) Pre-civil rights era.

2. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?
(a) To tell the true story of Uncle Tom.
(b) To abolish slavery.
(c) To prove slavery is wrong.
(d) To show the every day life of a slave.

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

4. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?
(a) Negative images in the media.
(b) Remote Violence.
(c) Slum.
(d) Injustices.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?

3. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?

4. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?

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

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