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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Baldwin believes that the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin should have been:
(a) A Novel.
(b) A Pamphlet.
(c) A Short Story.
(d) A Play.

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

3. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Dark colored skin.
(b) Blue eyes.
(c) Fine hair.
(d) Light colored skin.

4. What are protest novels?
(a) Racism connecting nowhere to social policy.
(b) Socialism connecting nowhere to racism.
(c) Fantasies connecting nowhere to reality.
(d) Reality connecting nowhere with fantasy.

5. According to Baldwin, at what point does the making of an American begin?
(a) At the point that the person enters the country and adopts the venture of the adopted land.
(b) At the point where the individual reaches Ellis Island in New York.
(c) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and receives their U.S. citizenship from the government.
(d) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and adopts the venture of the adopted land.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who played the villainous second male lead in Carmen Jones?

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

3. Although it is known that African Americans are not biologically or mentally inferior, what occurred during the World War II?

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

5. What biblical story does Baldwin say allows the Blacks to identify with Jews?

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