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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 does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?
(a) The book negates the whole race and converts the Negro man's pride into anger.
(b) The book negates the role of the black woman in society.
(c) The book describes the life of a Negro man as if he was a White man.
(d) The book dehumanizes Negro women and makes the Negro man superior to the Negro woman.

2. Protest novels are said to resemble:
(a) Missionaries to Africa.
(b) Missionaries to South America.
(c) Missionaries to America.
(d) Missionaries to India.

3. Where is Harlem located?
(a) Georgia.
(b) California.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New York.

4. Why does Baldwin assert that White people contribute to the perpetuation of the stereotypical characters such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom?
(a) Because Whites like being entertained by the stereotypical figures of Black Americans.
(b) Because African Americans love to imitate these types of stereotypical characters.
(c) Because Whites want to believe that Black people are unhappy with their lives.
(d) Because Whites want to believe the happy, subservient personas of Black people

5. According to Baldwin, who are the three most important characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) George, St. Clair, and Uncle Tom.
(b) George, Miss Ophelia, and Uncle Tom.
(c) Uncle Tom, Miss Ophelia, and Eliza.
(d) George, Eliza, and Uncle Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Georgia?

2. What newspaper rivaled the Amsterdam Star-News in the 1940s?

3. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?

4. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?

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

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