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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?
(a) Little Women.
(b) Native Son.
(c) Othello.
(d) Black Boy.

2. According to Baldwin, what color is associated with evil?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

3. What two big name magazines, popular in the African American community in the 1940s, are mentioned in the chapter entitled The Harlem Ghetto?
(a) Ebony and Our World.
(b) Essence and Jet.
(c) Ebony and Essence.
(d) Ebony and Jet.

4. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?
(a) Moral.
(b) Immortal.
(c) Immortal
(d) Amoral.

5. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?
(a) Because Whites has a great influence in Black politics.
(b) Because it was treated with little respect.
(c) Because Blacks did care about politics.
(d) Because Blacks were in need of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baldwin suggest the presupposition of the two novels Kingsblood Royal and If He Hollers Let Him Go are in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

2. What was the name of the establishment where the Melodeers ate their meals while in Atlanta?

3. Where is Harlem located?

4. How does Baldwin describe a "new society" in the book, Notes of a Native Son?

5. How does Baldwin describe the American Ideal?

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