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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?
(a) Civil rights era.
(b) Pre-civil rights era.
(c) Slavery era.
(d) Colonial.

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

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

4. How does Baldwin describe the American Ideal?
(a) Everyone should reconnect to American history.
(b) Everyone should connect to their cultural identity.
(c) Everyone should be as different as possible.
(d) Everyone should be as alike as possible.

5. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?
(a) The music pieces were sung by white people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(b) The music pieces were sung by white men and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(c) The music pieces were sung in Italian and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(d) The music pieces were sung by middle class black people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the oppressed and oppressor described in the book, Notes of a Native Son?

2. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?

3. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?

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

5. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?

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