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

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

3. According to Baldwin, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?
(a) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that stereotypical images share laudatory and heinous qualities with the best possible traits coming to the surface for white consumption.
(b) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that Negroes are always angry at white men.
(c) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that white men only like subservient black men and women.
(d) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story of hatred and the idea that Negroes can only become validated if they become more like white men.

4. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?
(a) Slavery.
(b) History.
(c) Age.
(d) Time.

5. How is the story of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) The story of the original American settlers.
(b) The story of Americans.
(c) The story of African Americans.
(d) The story of Native Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Harlem located?

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 was the political affiliation of the Amsterdam Star-News?

4. Which of the following artists was mentioned in the Harlem Ghetto chapter as having a column in the People's Voice?

5. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the book Notes of a Native Son?

2. 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?

3. What did Baldwin determine is the main similarity that the American Negro and the French Negro share?

4. Describe Baldwin's relationship with his new friend that he meets in Paris in the essay Equal in Paris.

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

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

7. According to Baldwin, why are the mannerisms of the character Carmen Jones based on rampant sexuality?

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

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

10. Why were the Melodeers performing in the south?

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