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

2. Since Negroes have been in this country, Baldwin writes that their one devastating gain was:
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Abolition.
(c) Colonization.
(d) Slavery.

3. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?
(a) The Negroes would see a movie with an all-Negro cast.
(b) There are no white people to which the Negroes may be compared.
(c) White people do not want to see an interracial cast.
(d) The all-Negro cast is less intimidating.

4. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?
(a) Immortal.
(b) Immortal
(c) Amoral.
(d) Moral.

5. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?
(a) To prove slavery is wrong.
(b) To abolish slavery.
(c) To tell the true story of Uncle Tom.
(d) To show the every day life of a slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who played the villainous second male lead in Carmen Jones?

2. How does Baldwin describe a "new society" in the book, Notes of a Native Son?

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

4. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?

5. Although it is known that African Americans are not biologically or mentally inferior, what occurred during the World War II?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Baldwin receive word about the journey to Atlanta?

2. Why did many of the Americans that chose to study in Paris after the war, return to the United States?

3. How does Baldwin describe the Richard Wright's book, Native Son?

4. Why does Baldwin not praise the movie Carmen Jones and its cast for breaking racial barriers?

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

6. According to Baldwin, what is the legend of Paris? What is the legend's connection to reality?

7. What roles does religion play in the life of the Negro?

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

9. Why has Baldwin written extensively about the Negro press?

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

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