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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 point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?
2. Protest novels are said to resemble:
3. According to Baldwin, what characteristic does Dorothy Dandridge have that Pearl Bailey lacks?
4. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?
5. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of having the evil and immoral characters played by very dark complected Negroes in the film Carmen Jones?
2. Why do you think Baldwin experiences a sense of melancholy after his father's death?
3. Why does Baldwin escape to Switzerland?
4. 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?
5. Describe the Amsterdam Star-News.
6. How are Ebony and Our World Magazines different?
7. According to Baldwin, what is the legend of Paris? What is the legend's connection to reality?
8. What did Baldwin determine is the main similarity that the American Negro and the French Negro share?
9. Describe Baldwin's relationship with his new friend that he meets in Paris in the essay Equal in Paris.
10. Describe Baldwin's Fresnes experience.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In Carmen Jones: The Dark is Light Enough, Baldwin criticizes the all-black version of Carmen Jones for its unrealistic portrayal of African American life, its emphasis on negative stereotypes, and it's "whitening" of African American life. However, this film was considered a major breakthrough venue of African American actors in the 1950s. What were Baldwin's criticisms? Why do you think Baldwin criticizes this film? How do the roles in the film affirm Baldwin's criticisms? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
In the essay Journey to Atlanta, Baldwin recounts the Melodeers' experience with prejudice in Atlanta. Why do you think it was significant for Baldwin to point out the prejudice that occurred on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line? What does the Mason-Dixon Line represent? What is the significance of the Mason-Dixon Line and the Melodeers' trip down south? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
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