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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. How does Baldwin describe a "new society" in the book, Notes of a Native Son?
(a) One in which inequalities change because of protests.
(b) One in which Negros resume their slave duties.
(c) One in which inequalities will disappear and vengeance will be exacted.
(d) One in which Negros and Whites work together.

2. Baldwin believes that the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin should have been:
(a) A Pamphlet.
(b) A Play.
(c) A Short Story.
(d) A Novel.

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

4. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) A series of mishaps.
(b) A mass of darkness.
(c) A series of shadows.
(d) A gloomy mist.

5. Where did the Melodeers room while in Atlanta?
(a) YMCA.
(b) The homes of Progressive Party members.
(c) YWCA.
(d) a Negro motel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the presidential candidate representing the Progressive Party at the time Baldwin wrote this essay?

2. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?

3. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?

4. How does Baldwin describe the American Ideal?

5. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Baldwin, what stereotypical qualities do Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom share?

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

4. Describe the appearance and the role of Mrs. Branson Price.

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

6. Why does the American Negro escape to Paris?

7. Why does Baldwin conclude that the religion of the villagers is Catholicism?

8. What is the significance of having both the lead characters in the film Carmen Jones cast by light-complected Negroes?

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

10. Why do you think Baldwin distrusts his father's warnings about the weight of white people in the world?

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