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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 does Baldwin say it means for the Negro to be religious?
(a) He stands in fear of creation.
(b) He stands in fear of God.
(c) He stands in fear of beast.
(d) He stands in fear of man.

2. What are protest novels?
(a) Reality connecting nowhere with fantasy.
(b) Socialism connecting nowhere to racism.
(c) Racism connecting nowhere to social policy.
(d) Fantasies connecting nowhere to reality.

3. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?
(a) Black No More.
(b) Native Son.
(c) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(d) Carmen Jones.

4. 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 white man's need for making Negroes as white as possible in order to interact with them.
(c) Because of the portrayal of Uncle Tom.
(d) Because African Americans refuted the stereotypical images Aunt Jemima.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?

2. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Harlem?

3. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?

4. Since Negroes have been in this country, Baldwin writes that their one devastating gain was:

5. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Baldwin get upset when the children in the Swiss Village call him Neger on the streets?

3. How does Baldwin escape prosecution in Paris?

4. Why does the American Negro escape to Paris?

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

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

7. What did the Melodeers do to displease Mrs. Price?

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

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

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

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