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

2. What was the political affiliation of the Amsterdam Star-News?
(a) Democrat.
(b) Republican.
(c) Independent.
(d) Progressive.

3. Which of the following artists was mentioned in the Harlem Ghetto chapter as having a column in the People's Voice?
(a) Lena Horne.
(b) Joe Adams.
(c) Harry Belafonte.
(d) Dorothy Dandridge.

4. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?
(a) To bring greater charity to the oppressed.
(b) To bring greater freedom to the oppressed.
(c) To bring Christianity to the oppressed.
(d) To bring the ideals of socialism to the oppressed.

5. Baldwin believes that the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin should have been:
(a) A Short Story.
(b) A Novel.
(c) A Pamphlet.
(d) A Play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?

2. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?

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

4. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?

5. What does Baldwin claim Jews and Negroes must use in order to be accepted in the 1940s and 1950s?

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