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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Protest novels are said to resemble:
(a) Missionaries to India.
(b) Missionaries to South America.
(c) Missionaries to America.
(d) Missionaries to Africa.

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 separated by common law.
(c) They are both are oppressed.
(d) They are divided by society.

3. How is the story of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) The story of Americans.
(b) The story of African Americans.
(c) The story of Native Americans.
(d) The story of the original American settlers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?

2. 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?

3. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?

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

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

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