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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following artists was mentioned in the Harlem Ghetto chapter as having a column in the People's Voice?
(a) Lena Horne.
(b) Harry Belafonte.
(c) Dorothy Dandridge.
(d) Joe Adams.

2. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?
(a) He has taught the Negro to be inferior.
(b) He has divided the Jews and Negroes.
(c) He treats the Negro like a slave.
(d) He has divided Negro men and women.

3. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?
(a) Third person narrative.
(b) First person narrative.
(c) Second person narrative.
(d) First person limited narrative.

4. What negative stereotype does the character Carmen Jones perpetuate?
(a) The stereotype of light skinned Negroes being smarter than dark skinned Negroes.
(b) The stereotype of rampant sexuality.
(c) The stereotype of subservient Negro women.
(d) The stereotype of Negro women being the desire of white men's lust.

5. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

2. Where can the true raison d'être of the Negro press be found?

3. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?

4. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?

5. What are there more of in Harlem than any other ghetto in the city?

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