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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?
2. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Georgia?
3. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?
4. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?
5. What type of accommodations were promised to the Melodeers prior to leaving for Atlanta?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Baldwin experiences a sense of melancholy after his father's death?
2. Describe Baldwin's father.
3. Why does Baldwin criticize Richard Wright's book, Native Son?
4. How did Baldwin receive word about the journey to Atlanta?
5. According to Baldwin, how do white Americans react to the American Negro's presence in Paris?
6. Describe Baldwin's first experience with real-world hatred.
7. Why does Baldwin think that there is nowhere on earth for the black man to call home?
8. Describe the Amsterdam Star-News.
9. Who was Clarence Warde and what role did he play in the Journey to Atlanta?
10. Why does Baldwin conclude that the religion of the villagers is Catholicism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Baldwin describes his relationship with his father in Notes of a Native Son. After his father's death, Baldwin feels a sense of melancholy that he never had a chance to bond with his father. Why do you think Baldwin feels this way? What regrets, if any, do you think Baldwin had at the end of his father's life? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Baldwin writes the essays in the book Notes of a Native Son using more of a conventional style rather than an academic style. Analyze Baldwin's conventional approach to writing. How does Baldwin's conventional approach to writing enhance the book Notes of a Native Son? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Escaping is a major theme throughout many of the essays in Baldwin's book. For instance Baldwin escapes to Switzerland to write his book and African American soldiers escape to Paris for education and French culture. How do you think writing this book served as an escape for Baldwin? Did he write to escape the perils of life or racial prejudice? Did he write to help other understand the escape of African Americans from America and American culture? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
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