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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Baldwin criticize the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set?
(a) Because they do not accurately portray the working-class.
(b) Because they do not accurately portray the environments of the working class Negroes characterized in the movie.
(c) Because they do not show the intermingling of working class Negroes and Whites.
(d) Because it does not accurately portray the American ghetto.

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

3. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?
(a) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(b) Carmen Jones.
(c) Black No More.
(d) Native Son.

4. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Coarse hair.
(b) Brown eyes.
(c) Dark colored skin.
(d) Overweight.

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.

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

7. According to Baldwin, who are the three most important characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) George, St. Clair, and Uncle Tom.
(b) George, Eliza, and Uncle Tom.
(c) George, Miss Ophelia, and Uncle Tom.
(d) Uncle Tom, Miss Ophelia, and Eliza.

8. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?
(a) The all-Negro cast is less intimidating.
(b) There are no white people to which the Negroes may be compared.
(c) White people do not want to see an interracial cast.
(d) The Negroes would see a movie with an all-Negro cast.

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

15. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?
(a) Age.
(b) Slavery.
(c) History.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?

2. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

3. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?

4. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Georgia?

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

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