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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 long did the quartet's trip to Atlanta last?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 14 days.
(c) 16 days.
(d) 18 days.
2. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Harlem?
(a) The Mulatto.
(b) The Jew.
(c) The Black man.
(d) The Negro.
3. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) A series of mishaps.
(b) A gloomy mist.
(c) A series of shadows.
(d) A mass of darkness.
4. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?
(a) To tell the true story of Uncle Tom.
(b) To show the every day life of a slave.
(c) To abolish slavery.
(d) To prove slavery is wrong.
5. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?
(a) Third person narrative.
(b) First person narrative.
(c) First person limited narrative.
(d) Second person narrative.
Short Answer Questions
1. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?
2. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Georgia?
3. How does Baldwin describe the relationship between the Negroes and the Jews in Harlem?
4. Why is the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones considered an insult on black people?
5. Where is Atlanta located?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Baldwin, what is the legend of Paris? What is the legend's connection to reality?
2. Why is Baldwin living a bleak life in Paris before he befriends a man from New York?
3. What are some of the limitations that make it hard for Baldwin to tolerate the French prison system?
4. Why does Baldwin criticize Richard Wright's book, Native Son?
5. According to Baldwin, how do white Americans react to the American Negro's presence in Paris?
6. What is the significance of the protest novel?
7. Why does Baldwin think that there is nowhere on earth for the black man to call home?
8. Describe Baldwin's tone in Everybody's Protest Novel.
9. What is the significance of having both the lead characters in the film Carmen Jones cast by light-complected Negroes?
10. According to Baldwin, what stereotypical qualities do Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom share?
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