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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the legal guardian and road manager of the Melodeers during their journey to Atlanta?
(a) Clarence Warde.
(b) Henry Wallace.
(c) Branson Price.
(d) Adam Jones.

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

3. Protest novels are said to resemble:
(a) Missionaries to Africa.
(b) Missionaries to South America.
(c) Missionaries to India.
(d) Missionaries to America.

4. Who was the presidential candidate representing the Progressive Party at the time Baldwin wrote this essay?
(a) Henry Wallace.
(b) Clarence Warde.
(c) Paul Roberson.
(d) James Jordan.

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

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

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

8. What type of accommodations were promised to the Melodeers prior to leaving for Atlanta?
(a) Four to a room.
(b) Dormitory style accommodations.
(c) Two to a room.
(d) One to a room.

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

10. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?
(a) Our passion for knowledge.
(b) Our passion for clarity.
(c) Our passion for change.
(d) Our passion for categorization.

11. What impeded the Progressive Party's progression in Harlem during the 1940s?
(a) The campaign promises were geared towards Whites.
(b) The campaign promises were too common.
(c) The campaign promises were geared towards African Americans.
(d) The campaign promises were too extravagant.

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

13. How has Harlem changed since Baldwin's parents' lifetime?
(a) Not much.
(b) A great deal.
(c) Somewhat in the Jewish occupied areas.
(d) Not at all.

14. How does Baldwin describe the relationship between the Negroes and the Jews in Harlem?
(a) Contentious.
(b) Amicable.
(c) Unwanted.
(d) Indifferent.

15. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?
(a) Social Literature.
(b) Protest Literature.
(c) Change Literature.
(d) Problem Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the quartet's trip to Atlanta last?

2. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?

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

4. Who was the representative of the Progressive Party in Atlanta?

5. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?

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