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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?
(a) The cleanliness makes white audiences view the black actors as equals.
(b) The cleanliness makes white audiences want to watch more Negro movies.
(c) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with the role of the lead male Negro.
(d) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with seeing Negroes in familiar situations.

2. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?
(a) The loss of racial identity.
(b) The loss of African American identity.
(c) The loss of Negroes to slavery.
(d) The loss of our own identity.

3. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Brown eyes.
(b) Overweight.
(c) Dark colored skin.
(d) Coarse hair.

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) Blacks need to make themselves less offensive.
(b) The Negro is a man without a homeland.
(c) Black men are inferior to white men.
(d) Black is a terrible color with which to be born into the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following artists was mentioned in the Harlem Ghetto chapter as having a column in the People's Voice?

2. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?

3. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?

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

5. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?

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