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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?
(a) Aunt Jemima and Othello.
(b) Carmen Jones and Uncle Tom.
(c) Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom.
(d) Aunt Jemima and Carmen Jones.

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

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

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

5. How does Baldwin describe a "new society" in the book, Notes of a Native Son?
(a) One in which inequalities will disappear and vengeance will be exacted.
(b) One in which inequalities change because of protests.
(c) One in which Negros resume their slave duties.
(d) One in which Negros and Whites work together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are protest novels?

2. According to Baldwin, what color is associated with evil?

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

4. According to Baldwin, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?

5. Why does Baldwin assert that White people contribute to the perpetuation of the stereotypical characters such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom?

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