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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, 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) Light.
(b) Clear.
(c) White.
(d) Blank.
2. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?
(a) To bring greater charity to the oppressed.
(b) To bring the ideals of socialism to the oppressed.
(c) To bring Christianity to the oppressed.
(d) To bring greater freedom to the oppressed.
3. Why does Baldwin assert that White people contribute to the perpetuation of the stereotypical characters such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom?
(a) Because Whites want to believe the happy, subservient personas of Black people
(b) Because Whites like being entertained by the stereotypical figures of Black Americans.
(c) Because Whites want to believe that Black people are unhappy with their lives.
(d) Because African Americans love to imitate these types of stereotypical characters.
4. How are the oppressed and oppressor described in the book, Notes of a Native Son?
(a) They are both are oppressed.
(b) They are bound together within the same society.
(c) They are separated by common law.
(d) They are divided by society.
5. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) George S. Schuyler.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?
2. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?
3. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?
4. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?
5. 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?
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