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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, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?
(a) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes as white as possible in order to interact with them.
(b) Because African Americans refuted the stereotypical images Aunt Jemima.
(c) Because of the portrayal of Uncle Tom.
(d) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes cook and clean the white man's home.

2. 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) African Americans were not allowed to fight.
(c) The troops were evaluated.
(d) The troops were integrated.

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) Blank.
(b) Light.
(c) White.
(d) Clear.

4. What does Baldwin suggest the presupposition of the two novels Kingsblood Royal and If He Hollers Let Him Go are in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) Black is a terrible color with which to be born into the world.
(b) The Negro is a man without a homeland.
(c) Blacks need to make themselves less offensive.
(d) Black men are inferior to white men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?

2. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?

3. What are protest novels?

4. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?

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

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