Notes of a Native Son Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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Notes of a Native Son Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Question of Identity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Baldwin describe the lives of the nonperforming Negroes in Paris as compared to the lives of Negro entertainers in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) Isolated.
(b) Deprived.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Boring.

2. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

3. What negative stereotype does the character Carmen Jones perpetuate?
(a) The stereotype of subservient Negro women.
(b) The stereotype of light skinned Negroes being smarter than dark skinned Negroes.
(c) The stereotype of Negro women being the desire of white men's lust.
(d) The stereotype of rampant sexuality.

4. Why does Baldwin assert that White people contribute to the perpetuation of the stereotypical characters such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom?
(a) Because Whites want to believe the happy, subservient personas of Black people
(b) Because African Americans love to imitate these types of stereotypical characters.
(c) Because Whites like being entertained by the stereotypical figures of Black Americans.
(d) Because Whites want to believe that Black people are unhappy with their lives.

5. According to Baldwin, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?
(a) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that stereotypical images share laudatory and heinous qualities with the best possible traits coming to the surface for white consumption.
(b) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that white men only like subservient black men and women.
(c) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that Negroes are always angry at white men.
(d) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story of hatred and the idea that Negroes can only become validated if they become more like white men.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Baldwin, which students are successfully entrenched in Parisian lifestyle?

2. How long had Baldwin been gone from home when his father passed away?

3. How does Baldwin describe a "new society" in the book, Notes of a Native Son?

4. Who was the legal guardian and road manager of the Melodeers during their journey to Atlanta?

5. According to Baldwin, what is afforded to American students in Paris?

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