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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes of a Native Son.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened on the same day that Baldwin's father died?
(a) The eighth child was born.
(b) The ninth child was born.
(c) The tenth child was born.
(d) The seventh child was born.

2. How long did the quartet's trip to Atlanta last?
(a) 18 days.
(b) 14 days.
(c) 16 days.
(d) 20 days.

3. How does Baldwin say American life compares to life in other parts of the world in the 1940s?
(a) People in America are indifferent to what is going on in other parts of the world.
(b) Life in America moves slower.
(c) Life in America moves faster.
(d) Life in America moves at the same pace as other places in the world.

4. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?
(a) The projects of the Bronx, NY.
(b) A Harlem apartment.
(c) A Chicago tenement.
(d) A YMCA in Atlanta, GA.

5. What was the aim of the quartet groups like the Melodeers?
(a) To sing at churches.
(b) To travel to other parts of the country.
(c) To change Whites' views of Black music.
(d) To make a livelihood from music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although it is known that African Americans are not biologically or mentally inferior, what occurred during the World War II?

2. What was the name of the establishment where the Melodeers ate their meals while in Atlanta?

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

4. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?

5. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?

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