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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Uncle Tom, Miss Ophelia, and Eliza.
(d) George, Miss Ophelia, and Uncle Tom.

3. What newspaper rivaled the Amsterdam Star-News in the 1940s?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Afro-American.
(c) The People's Voice.
(d) The Pittsburgh Courier.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baldwin describe the American Ideal?

2. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?

3. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?

4. What are there more of in Harlem than any other ghetto in the city?

5. According to Baldwin, what characteristic does Dorothy Dandridge have that Pearl Bailey lacks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Baldwin distrusts his father's warnings about the weight of white people in the world?

2. Describe Baldwin's first experience with real-world hatred.

3. Who was Clarence Warde and what role did he play in the Journey to Atlanta?

4. Why does Baldwin think that there is nowhere on earth for the black man to call home?

5. Describe Baldwin's tone in Everybody's Protest Novel.

6. Describe the Amsterdam Star-News.

7. In the essay entitled Everybody's Protest Novel, why does Baldwin use the first person narrative perspective?

8. Why does Baldwin conclude that the religion of the villagers is Catholicism?

9. Describe the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones.

10. Describe the lead characters, Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, in Carmen Jones.

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