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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 of hatred and the idea that Negroes can only become validated if they become more like white men.
(b) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that Negroes are always angry at white men.
(c) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that white men only like subservient black men and women.
(d) 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.

2. How has Harlem changed since Baldwin's parents' lifetime?
(a) A great deal.
(b) Not much.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Somewhat in the Jewish occupied areas.

3. Who played the villainous second male lead in Carmen Jones?
(a) Sammy Davis, Jr.
(b) Joe Adams.
(c) Harry Belafonte.
(d) Sidney Poitier.

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

5. Why is the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones considered an insult on black people?
(a) Because the characters speak like enslaved Africans.
(b) Because the characters speak like northern born Negroes.
(c) Because the characters speak like antebellum Negroes adopting the patterns language of their masters.
(d) Because the characters speak like stereotypical Negroes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the political affiliation of the Amsterdam Star-News?

2. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?

3. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?

4. According to Baldwin, what characteristic does Dorothy Dandridge have that Pearl Bailey lacks?

5. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Baldwin's relationship with his father.

2. What is the significance of having the evil and immoral characters played by very dark complected Negroes in the film Carmen Jones?

3. Describe Baldwin's Fresnes experience.

4. Why does Baldwin use the theme of racial prejudice to set the topic and tone for Notes of a Native Son?

5. Describe how Baldwin's Harlem compares to his parent's Harlem.

6. Why is the American Negro envious of the French African?

7. Describe Baldwin's first experience with real-world hatred.

8. What is the significance of having both the lead characters in the film Carmen Jones cast by light-complected Negroes?

9. According to Baldwin, why is it not the fault of the Negro press that the letters-to-the-editor section is the only section where the truth about the life of the Negro can be seen in print?

10. Why were the Melodeers performing in the south?

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