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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 are protest novels?
(a) Racism connecting nowhere to social policy.
(b) Reality connecting nowhere with fantasy.
(c) Fantasies connecting nowhere to reality.
(d) Socialism connecting nowhere to racism.
2. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) George S. Schuyler.
3. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?
(a) The music pieces were sung by middle class black people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(b) The music pieces were sung in Italian and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(c) The music pieces were sung by white people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(d) The music pieces were sung by white men and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
4. What impeded the Progressive Party's progression in Harlem during the 1940s?
(a) The campaign promises were too common.
(b) The campaign promises were geared towards Whites.
(c) The campaign promises were geared towards African Americans.
(d) The campaign promises were too extravagant.
5. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?
(a) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with seeing Negroes in familiar situations.
(b) The cleanliness makes white audiences view the black actors as equals.
(c) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with the role of the lead male Negro.
(d) The cleanliness makes white audiences want to watch more Negro movies.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?
2. Protest novels are said to resemble:
3. Why does Baldwin criticize the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set?
4. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?
5. According to Baldwin, what characteristic does Dorothy Dandridge have that Pearl Bailey lacks?
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