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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 does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?
(a) The Negroes would see a movie with an all-Negro cast.
(b) There are no white people to which the Negroes may be compared.
(c) White people do not want to see an interracial cast.
(d) The all-Negro cast is less intimidating.

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

3. Where is Atlanta located?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) New York.

4. What does Baldwin claim Jews and Negroes must use in order to be accepted in the 1940s and 1950s?
(a) Knowledge of American society.
(b) American History.
(c) Religion.
(d) Every weapon possible.

5. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?
(a) It had an all-Negro cast.
(b) It had an all-white cast.
(c) It had an all-African cast.
(d) It had an interracial cast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Protest novels are said to resemble:

2. Of all Americans, who does Baldwin say Negroes distrust the most?

3. What biblical story does Baldwin say allows the Blacks to identify with Jews?

4. Although it is known that African Americans are not biologically or mentally inferior, what occurred during the World War II?

5. How is history and the progress of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

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