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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Journey to Atlanta.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?
(a) Amoral.
(b) Immortal.
(c) Immortal
(d) Moral.

2. What's the name of Baldwin's brother who relayed his experience with the Melodeers in Atlanta?
(a) Brian.
(b) James.
(c) David.
(d) Richard.

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

4. How are the oppressed and oppressor described in the book, Notes of a Native Son?
(a) They are both are oppressed.
(b) They are divided by society.
(c) They are separated by common law.
(d) They are bound together within the same society.

5. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?
(a) Native Son.
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(c) Black No More.
(d) Carmen Jones.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?

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

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

5. What was the aim of the quartet groups like the Melodeers?

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