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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?
(a) Civil rights era.
(b) Pre-civil rights era.
(c) Colonial.
(d) Slavery era.

3. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1954.

4. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?
(a) Comedy.
(b) Opera.
(c) Horror.
(d) Drama .

5. How does Baldwin describe the relationship between the Negroes and the Jews in Harlem?
(a) Contentious.
(b) Amicable.
(c) Unwanted.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baldwin say it means for the Negro to be religious?

2. How is the story of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

3. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?

4. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?

5. Protest novels are said to resemble:

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