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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Atlanta located?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) New York.

2. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) George S. Schuyler.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

3. What did the parents of the Melodeers oppose prior to their departure for Atlanta?
(a) The trip to Atlanta.
(b) Only one chaperone for the group.
(c) Mr. Wades as the group's manager and guardian .
(d) An extra tour.

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

5. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?
(a) He has divided the Jews and Negroes.
(b) He treats the Negro like a slave.
(c) He has divided Negro men and women.
(d) He has taught the Negro to be inferior.

6. What does Baldwin claim Jews and Negroes must use in order to be accepted in the 1940s and 1950s?
(a) Every weapon possible.
(b) Religion.
(c) American History.
(d) Knowledge of American society.

7. What was the aim of the quartet groups like the Melodeers?
(a) To sing at churches.
(b) To travel to other parts of the country.
(c) To change Whites' views of Black music.
(d) To make a livelihood from music.

8. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) A mass of darkness.
(b) A series of shadows.
(c) A series of mishaps.
(d) A gloomy mist.

9. Who had the money to pay for the Melodeers' accommodations in Atlanta?
(a) Louis Burner.
(b) Henry Wallace.
(c) Mrs. Brandon Price.
(d) Clarance Warde.

10. Why does Baldwin criticize the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set?
(a) Because it does not accurately portray the American ghetto.
(b) Because they do not accurately portray the environments of the working class Negroes characterized in the movie.
(c) Because they do not accurately portray the working-class.
(d) Because they do not show the intermingling of working class Negroes and Whites.

11. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Dark colored skin.
(b) Fine hair.
(c) Blue eyes.
(d) Light colored skin.

12. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?
(a) Because of the portrayal of Uncle Tom.
(b) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes as white as possible in order to interact with them.
(c) Because African Americans refuted the stereotypical images Aunt Jemima.
(d) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes cook and clean the white man's home.

13. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?
(a) The music pieces were sung by white people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(b) The music pieces were sung in Italian and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(c) The music pieces were sung by white men and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(d) The music pieces were sung by middle class black people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.

14. What are there more of in Harlem than any other ghetto in the city?
(a) Prisons.
(b) Grocery Stores.
(c) Churches.
(d) Homes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Negroes have been in this country, Baldwin writes that their one devastating gain was:

2. What does Baldwin suggest the presupposition of the two novels Kingsblood Royal and If He Hollers Let Him Go are in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

3. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?

4. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?

5. What biblical story does Baldwin say allows the Blacks to identify with Jews?

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