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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Journey to Atlanta.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Harlem changed since Baldwin's parents' lifetime?
(a) Not at all.
(b) A great deal.
(c) Somewhat in the Jewish occupied areas.
(d) Not much.

2. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Whites?
(a) Change Literature.
(b) Problem Literature.
(c) Social Literature.
(d) Protest Literature.

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

4. What type of accommodations were promised to the Melodeers prior to leaving for Atlanta?
(a) Dormitory style accommodations.
(b) One to a room.
(c) Two to a room.
(d) Four to a room.

5. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?
(a) A Chicago tenement.
(b) The projects of the Bronx, NY.
(c) A YMCA in Atlanta, GA.
(d) A Harlem apartment.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Baldwin, what characteristic does Dorothy Dandridge have that Pearl Bailey lacks?

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

5. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?

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