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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?
(a) Slum.
(b) Remote Violence.
(c) Injustices.
(d) Negative images in the media.

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

3. How is the story of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) The story of Native Americans.
(b) The story of the original American settlers.
(c) The story of African Americans.
(d) The story of Americans.

4. Where did the Melodeers ultimately end up rehearsing for their performances in Atlanta?
(a) A private home.
(b) YMCA.
(c) YWCA.
(d) A Negro motel.

5. What was the aim of the quartet groups like the Melodeers?
(a) To change Whites' views of Black music.
(b) To make a livelihood from music.
(c) To travel to other parts of the country.
(d) To sing at churches.

6. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?
(a) Moral.
(b) Immortal.
(c) Immortal
(d) Amoral.

7. According to Baldwin, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?
(a) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that Negroes are always angry at white men.
(b) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story of hatred and the idea that Negroes can only become validated if they become more like white men.
(c) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that stereotypical images share laudatory and heinous qualities with the best possible traits coming to the surface for white consumption.
(d) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that white men only like subservient black men and women.

8. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1955.

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

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

11. Since Negroes have been in this country, Baldwin writes that their one devastating gain was:
(a) Slavery.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) Colonization.
(d) Abolition.

12. What does Baldwin say it means for the Negro to be religious?
(a) He stands in fear of man.
(b) He stands in fear of creation.
(c) He stands in fear of beast.
(d) He stands in fear of God.

13. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?
(a) Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom.
(b) Carmen Jones and Uncle Tom.
(c) Aunt Jemima and Carmen Jones.
(d) Aunt Jemima and Othello.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?

2. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?

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

4. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?

5. What negative stereotype does the character Carmen Jones perpetuate?

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