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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who played the lead male role in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Joe Adams.
(b) Sammy Davis, Jr.
(c) Harry Belafonte.
(d) Sidney Poitier.

2. What color clothing did Baldwin say he did not have to wear to his father's funeral?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

3. Baldwin believes that the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin should have been:
(a) A Short Story.
(b) A Play.
(c) A Pamphlet.
(d) A Novel.

4. Where did Baldwin go after his father's funeral to celebrate his birthday?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Atlantic City.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Downtown.

5. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?
(a) First person narrative.
(b) Third person narrative.
(c) First person limited narrative.
(d) Second person narrative.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Baldwin describe the relationship between the Negroes and the Jews in Harlem?

3. Which of the following artists was mentioned in the Harlem Ghetto chapter as having a column in the People's Voice?

4. Who is the author of Native Son?

5. How does Baldwin say American life compares to life in other parts of the world in the 1940s?

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