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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones considered an insult on black people?
(a) Because the characters speak like stereotypical Negroes.
(b) Because the characters speak like northern born Negroes.
(c) Because the characters speak like enslaved Africans.
(d) Because the characters speak like antebellum Negroes adopting the patterns language of their masters.

3. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Georgia?
(a) The Negro.
(b) The Jew.
(c) The Mulatto.
(d) The Black man.

4. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?
(a) Our passion for clarity.
(b) Our passion for knowledge.
(c) Our passion for change.
(d) Our passion for categorization.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Harlem located?

3. Why does Baldwin assert that White people contribute to the perpetuation of the stereotypical characters such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom?

4. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

5. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Harlem?

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