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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who was the representative of the Progressive Party in Atlanta?
(a) Mr. Henry Wallace.
(b) Mrs. Frank Johnson.
(c) Mrs. Branson Price.
(d) Mrs. Dorothy Dandridge.

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

7. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) George S. Schuyler.

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

9. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?
(a) He has divided the Jews and Negroes.
(b) He has taught the Negro to be inferior.
(c) He treats the Negro like a slave.
(d) He has divided Negro men and women.

10. 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) Black is a terrible color with which to be born into the world.
(b) Black men are inferior to white men.
(c) Blacks need to make themselves less offensive.
(d) The Negro is a man without a homeland.

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

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

13. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?
(a) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes as white as possible in order to interact with them.
(b) Because of the portrayal of Uncle Tom.
(c) Because African Americans refuted the stereotypical images Aunt Jemima.
(d) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes cook and clean the white man's home.

14. 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 stereotypical images share laudatory and heinous qualities with the best possible traits coming to the surface for white consumption.
(b) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that Negroes are always angry at white men.
(c) 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.
(d) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that white men only like subservient black men and women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the aim of the quartet groups like the Melodeers?

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

3. According to Baldwin, who are the three most important characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

4. How is the story of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

5. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Whites?

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