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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Baldwin describe the American Ideal?
(a) Everyone should connect to their cultural identity.
(b) Everyone should be as different as possible.
(c) Everyone should reconnect to American history.
(d) Everyone should be as alike as possible.

2. What was the political affiliation of the Amsterdam Star-News?
(a) Independent.
(b) Republican.
(c) Democrat.
(d) Progressive.

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

4. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?
(a) Apartheid.
(b) Self-worth.
(c) Racial prejudice.
(d) Self-righteousness.

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

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

7. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Georgia?
(a) The Negro.
(b) The Jew.
(c) The Black man.
(d) The Mulatto.

8. Where can the true raison d'être of the Negro press be found?
(a) The front pages of the Negro newspapers.
(b) Lifestyle sections of the Black magazines.
(c) Letters to the editor.
(d) Ebony magazine.

9. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

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

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

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

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

14. Who is the author of Native Son?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Richard Wright.

15. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?
(a) A YMCA in Atlanta, GA.
(b) A Harlem apartment.
(c) A Chicago tenement.
(d) The projects of the Bronx, NY.

Short Answer Questions

1. Protest novels are said to resemble:

2. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?

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

4. Who was the legal guardian and road manager of the Melodeers during their journey to Atlanta?

5. What does Baldwin say it means for the Negro to be religious?

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