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

2. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?
(a) The loss of our own identity.
(b) The loss of Negroes to slavery.
(c) The loss of racial identity.
(d) The loss of African American identity.

3. What was the name of the establishment where the Melodeers ate their meals while in Atlanta?
(a) Red's Diner.
(b) Fraziers' Café.
(c) Hunter Street Café.
(d) Fraziers' Diner.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Baldwin, both the Negro and the Jew are characterized as:

2. 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?

3. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?

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

5. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Henry Wallace's role in the Progressive Party?

3. What are some of the limitations that make it hard for Baldwin to tolerate the French prison system?

4. What is the significance of the protest novel?

5. Describe Baldwin's father.

6. Why is the American Negro envious of the French African?

7. According to Baldwin, how does an individual become an American? And what does this mean for African Americans?

8. What is the main difference between the American Negro and the French Negro?

9. According to Baldwin, why is it not the fault of the Negro press that the letters-to-the-editor section is the only section where the truth about the life of the Negro can be seen in print?

10. How does Baldwin describe the American student colony in Paris?

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