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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, what color is associated with evil?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

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

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

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

5. Why does Baldwin criticize the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set?
(a) Because they do not accurately portray the working-class.
(b) Because it does not accurately portray the American ghetto.
(c) Because they do not show the intermingling of working class Negroes and Whites.
(d) Because they do not accurately portray the environments of the working class Negroes characterized in the movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Melodeers ultimately end up rehearsing for their performances in Atlanta?

2. What biblical story does Baldwin say allows the Blacks to identify with Jews?

3. According to Baldwin, if black faces cannot be made white then what other way can they be changed in order to be less offensive to white society?

4. What negative stereotype does the character Carmen Jones perpetuate?

5. Who had the money to pay for the Melodeers' accommodations in Atlanta?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Baldwin use Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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

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

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

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

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

8. According to Baldwin, how do white Americans react to the American Negro's presence in Paris?

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

10. Why did seeing the hotel monogram on the sheets mean nothing to Baldwin?

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