Notes of a Native Son Quizzes

Notes of a Native Son Quiz

1 Who is the author of the novel Native Son?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

James Baldwin

Richard Wright

Langston Hughes
2 In which country does Baldwin live in a small village?

Switzerland

Belgium

France

Liberia
3 Most of the American students in Paris are:

African American

Monolingual

Veterans

Studying painting
4 The film Carmen Jones is based on:

A folk tale

A novel

A short story

An opera
5 Which of the following was NOT a cause of the 1943 Harlem riots?

Poverty in the city

Anger at a black soldier being shot

The building of new condos

Black GIs in the South
6 What is the name of the protagonist of Native Son?

Richard Wright

Bigger Thomas

David Baldwin

Uncle Tom
7 Where did Baldwin grow up?

Harlem

Paris

Atlanta

New Orleans
8 The Seine is:

A neighborhood in Paris

A hotel in Paris

A woman in Paris

A river in Paris
9 Baldwin was arrested after being accused of stealing a:

Jacket

Baguette

Bed sheet

Water jug
10 Which of the following events does NOT occur simultaneously in "Notes of a Native Son"?

The Harlem riots break out

Baldwin's sister is born

Baldwin moves to Paris

Baldwin's father dies
11 Which political party does Baldwin's brother work for in Atlanta?

Republican Party

Democratic Party

Black Panther Party

Progressive Party
12 What is the Great Migration?

African Americans moving from South to North

The escape of the ancient Hebrews from Egypt

The movement of black intellectuals to Paris

The passage from Africa to North America
13 Which recent war does Baldwin mention in the essays?

the Korean War

World War II

the Cold War

World War I
14 The phrase “rock of ages” comes from a

Christian hymn

Jazz song

Folk tale

Rock song
15 "The bookshelves groan under the weight of information" is an example of:

Allusion

Irony

Metonymy

Personification
16 "Rather to rule in hell than serve in heaven" is an allusion to:

Invisible Man

The Bible

Native Son

Paradise Lost
17 Which example of Western civilization does Baldwin NOT give when describing himself as a "bastard of the West"?

Empire State Building

Cathedral of Chartres

Notre Dame

Rembrandt
18 Baldwin compares the affects of racism to

Cold

Nausea

Blindness

Fever
19 Harlem is located in

Brooklyn

Queens

Manhattan

New Jersey
20 For Baldwin, the task of the writer is to embrace

Periphrasis

Paradox

Personification

Paralogism
21 "En avant" means

Not even

Soldier

Experimental

Onward
22 "Enmity" means

Cowardice

Hostility

Satisfaction

Mythology
23 Baldwin's father was a

Prince

Preacher

Musician

Writer
24 "Breaking out with a rash of disconnected impressions" is an example of

Metaphor

Synecdoche

Irony

Simile
25 What group of people does Baldwin NOT meet in Paris?

Americans

French

North Africans

South Africans

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