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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Many Thousands Gone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?
(a) Problem Literature.
(b) Protest Literature.
(c) Change Literature.
(d) Social Literature.

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

3. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?
(a) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes as white as possible in order to interact with them.
(b) Because of the portrayal of Uncle Tom.
(c) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes cook and clean the white man's home.
(d) Because African Americans refuted the stereotypical images Aunt Jemima.

4. What are protest novels?
(a) Socialism connecting nowhere to racism.
(b) Racism connecting nowhere to social policy.
(c) Reality connecting nowhere with fantasy.
(d) Fantasies connecting nowhere to reality.

5. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?

2. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?

3. Who is the author of Native Son?

4. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?

5. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?

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