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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Baldwin, what characteristic does Dorothy Dandridge have that Pearl Bailey lacks?
(a) Shyness.
(b) Aggression.
(c) Charisma.
(d) Sexiness.

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

4. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1955.

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

6. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?
(a) The questions it leaves in the mind relate more to inferior life of Americans.
(b) The impression it leaves about the realities of Negro life.
(c) The questions it leaves about the relationship between Whites and Negroes.
(d) The changes it suggests about the lives of Negroes.

7. How long did the quartet's trip to Atlanta last?
(a) 14 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 18 days.
(d) 16 days.

8. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?
(a) The music pieces were sung by white men and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(b) The music pieces were sung by middle class black people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(c) The music pieces were sung in Italian and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(d) The music pieces were sung by white people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.

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

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

11. Why is the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones considered an insult on black people?
(a) Because the characters speak like northern born Negroes.
(b) Because the characters speak like enslaved Africans.
(c) Because the characters speak like stereotypical Negroes.
(d) Because the characters speak like antebellum Negroes adopting the patterns language of their masters.

12. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?
(a) It had an interracial cast.
(b) It had an all-Negro cast.
(c) It had an all-African cast.
(d) It had an all-white cast.

13. How are the oppressed and oppressor described in the book, Notes of a Native Son?
(a) They are separated by common law.
(b) They are divided by society.
(c) They are bound together within the same society.
(d) They are both are oppressed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of all Americans, who does Baldwin say Negroes distrust the most?

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

3. How is history and the progress of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

4. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?

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

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