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

2. According to Baldwin, what characteristic does Dorothy Dandridge have that Pearl Bailey lacks?
(a) Aggression.
(b) Sexiness.
(c) Charisma.
(d) Shyness.

3. Which of the following artists was mentioned in the Harlem Ghetto chapter as having a column in the People's Voice?
(a) Harry Belafonte.
(b) Dorothy Dandridge.
(c) Lena Horne.
(d) Joe Adams.

4. How many of Baldwin's brothers were in the quartet?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

5. Why does Baldwin criticize the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set?
(a) Because they do not accurately portray the environments of the working class Negroes characterized in the movie.
(b) Because they do not show the intermingling of working class Negroes and Whites.
(c) Because they do not accurately portray the working-class.
(d) Because it does not accurately portray the American ghetto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impeded the Progressive Party's progression in Harlem during the 1940s?

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

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

4. What was the aim of the quartet groups like the Melodeers?

5. What does Baldwin say it means for the Negro to be religious?

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