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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the parents of the Melodeers oppose prior to their departure for Atlanta?
(a) An extra tour.
(b) Mr. Wades as the group's manager and guardian .
(c) The trip to Atlanta.
(d) Only one chaperone for the group.

2. Although it is known that African Americans are not biologically or mentally inferior, what occurred during the World War II?
(a) The troops were segregated.
(b) The troops were integrated.
(c) The troops were evaluated.
(d) African Americans were not allowed to fight.

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

4. What does Baldwin suggest the presupposition of the two novels Kingsblood Royal and If He Hollers Let Him Go are in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) Blacks need to make themselves less offensive.
(b) The Negro is a man without a homeland.
(c) Black is a terrible color with which to be born into the world.
(d) Black men are inferior to white men.

5. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?
(a) Horror.
(b) Drama .
(c) Opera.
(d) Comedy.

6. Who had the money to pay for the Melodeers' accommodations in Atlanta?
(a) Louis Burner.
(b) Clarance Warde.
(c) Mrs. Brandon Price.
(d) Henry Wallace.

7. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?
(a) To bring Christianity to the oppressed.
(b) To bring greater charity to the oppressed.
(c) To bring greater freedom to the oppressed.
(d) To bring the ideals of socialism to the oppressed.

8. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?
(a) He has divided the Jews and Negroes.
(b) He has divided Negro men and women.
(c) He has taught the Negro to be inferior.
(d) He treats the Negro like a slave.

9. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) A series of mishaps.
(b) A mass of darkness.
(c) A gloomy mist.
(d) A series of shadows.

10. What was the name of the establishment where the Melodeers ate their meals while in Atlanta?
(a) Fraziers' Café.
(b) Hunter Street Café.
(c) Fraziers' Diner.
(d) Red's Diner.

11. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) George S. Schuyler.
(c) Richard Wright.
(d) James Baldwin.

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

13. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?
(a) Native Son.
(b) Little Women.
(c) Black Boy.
(d) Othello.

14. What's the name of Baldwin's brother who relayed his experience with the Melodeers in Atlanta?
(a) James.
(b) David.
(c) Brian.
(d) Richard.

15. How does Baldwin say American life compares to life in other parts of the world in the 1940s?
(a) People in America are indifferent to what is going on in other parts of the world.
(b) Life in America moves slower.
(c) Life in America moves faster.
(d) Life in America moves at the same pace as other places in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?

2. How are the oppressed and oppressor described in the book, Notes of a Native Son?

3. According to Baldwin, who are the three most important characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

4. What two big name magazines, popular in the African American community in the 1940s, are mentioned in the chapter entitled The Harlem Ghetto?

5. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?

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