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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Harlem Ghetto.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Native Son?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Richard Wright.

2. Where can the true raison d'être of the Negro press be found?
(a) Lifestyle sections of the Black magazines.
(b) Ebony magazine.
(c) The front pages of the Negro newspapers.
(d) Letters to the editor.

3. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?
(a) To show the every day life of a slave.
(b) To prove slavery is wrong.
(c) To abolish slavery.
(d) To tell the true story of Uncle Tom.

4. How does Baldwin describe the American Ideal?
(a) Everyone should connect to their cultural identity.
(b) Everyone should reconnect to American history.
(c) Everyone should be as alike as possible.
(d) Everyone should be as different as possible.

5. What newspaper rivaled the Amsterdam Star-News in the 1940s?
(a) The Afro-American.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Pittsburgh Courier.
(d) The People's Voice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Harlem?

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

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

5. Who played the lead male role in the film Carmen Jones?

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