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

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

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

4. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?
(a) The loss of African American identity.
(b) The loss of racial identity.
(c) The loss of our own identity.
(d) The loss of Negroes to slavery.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?

2. Who had the money to pay for the Melodeers' accommodations in Atlanta?

3. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?

4. According to Baldwin, both the Negro and the Jew are characterized as:

5. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Whites?

(see the answer key)

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