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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Harlem Ghetto.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is history and the progress of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) Sufficient.
(b) Anti-Social.
(c) Social.
(d) Non-existent.

2. According to Baldwin, both the Negro and the Jew are characterized as:
(a) Religious.
(b) Helpless.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Jobless.

3. What are there more of in Harlem than any other ghetto in the city?
(a) Homes.
(b) Prisons.
(c) Grocery Stores.
(d) Churches.

4. How are the oppressed and oppressor described in the book, Notes of a Native Son?
(a) They are separated by common law.
(b) They are bound together within the same society.
(c) They are both are oppressed.
(d) They are divided by society.

5. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?
(a) Self-worth.
(b) Self-righteousness.
(c) Racial prejudice.
(d) Apartheid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?

2. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?

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

4. What two big name magazines, popular in the African American community in the 1940s, are mentioned in the chapter entitled The Harlem Ghetto?

5. How does Baldwin describe the American Ideal?

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