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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 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.

2. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?
(a) Time.
(b) Slavery.
(c) History.
(d) Age.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Protest novels are said to resemble:

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

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

5. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?

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