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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?
(a) The cleanliness makes white audiences view the black actors as equals.
(b) The cleanliness makes white audiences want to watch more Negro movies.
(c) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with seeing Negroes in familiar situations.
(d) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with the role of the lead male Negro.

2. What was the name of the establishment where the Melodeers ate their meals while in Atlanta?
(a) Hunter Street Café.
(b) Red's Diner.
(c) Fraziers' Café.
(d) Fraziers' Diner.

3. Where did the Melodeers ultimately end up rehearsing for their performances in Atlanta?
(a) YWCA.
(b) A private home.
(c) YMCA.
(d) A Negro motel.

4. What impeded the Progressive Party's progression in Harlem during the 1940s?
(a) The campaign promises were geared towards African Americans.
(b) The campaign promises were geared towards Whites.
(c) The campaign promises were too extravagant.
(d) The campaign promises were too common.

5. 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?
(a) Blacks need to make themselves less offensive.
(b) Black is a terrible color with which to be born into the world.
(c) The Negro is a man without a homeland.
(d) Black men are inferior to white men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?

2. How does Baldwin describe the American Ideal?

3. Baldwin believes that the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin should have been:

4. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?

5. According to Baldwin, if black faces cannot be made white then what other way can they be changed in order to be less offensive to white society?

(see the answer key)

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