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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?
(a) First person narrative.
(b) Second person narrative.
(c) Third person narrative.
(d) First person limited narrative.

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

5. According to Baldwin, at what point does the making of an American begin?
(a) At the point that the person enters the country and adopts the venture of the adopted land.
(b) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and adopts the venture of the adopted land.
(c) At the point where the individual reaches Ellis Island in New York.
(d) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and receives their U.S. citizenship from the government.

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

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

8. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Twentieth Century Fox.
(b) Walt Disney Studios.
(c) MGM Studios.
(d) Universal Studios.

9. What does Baldwin claim Jews and Negroes must use in order to be accepted in the 1940s and 1950s?
(a) Religion.
(b) American History.
(c) Every weapon possible.
(d) Knowledge of American society.

10. What are protest novels?
(a) Reality connecting nowhere with fantasy.
(b) Socialism connecting nowhere to racism.
(c) Racism connecting nowhere to social policy.
(d) Fantasies connecting nowhere to reality.

11. Who played the lead male role in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Sidney Poitier.
(b) Harry Belafonte.
(c) Joe Adams.
(d) Sammy Davis, Jr.

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

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

14. Where is Harlem located?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Georgia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Harlem changed since Baldwin's parents' lifetime?

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. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?

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

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