Notes of a Native Son Quizzes

Notes of a Native Son Quiz

1 Who is the author of the novel Native Son?
Langston Hughes

James Baldwin

Richard Wright

Harriet Beecher Stowe
2 In which country does Baldwin live in a small village?
Belgium

Liberia

France

Switzerland
3 Most of the American students in Paris are:
Studying painting

African American

Monolingual

Veterans
4 The film Carmen Jones is based on:
An opera

A short story

A folk tale

A novel
5 Which of the following was NOT a cause of the 1943 Harlem riots?
Black GIs in the South

Anger at a black soldier being shot

Poverty in the city

The building of new condos
6 What is the name of the protagonist of Native Son?
Bigger Thomas

Richard Wright

David Baldwin

Uncle Tom
7 Where did Baldwin grow up?
Harlem

Paris

New Orleans

Atlanta
8 The Seine is:
A woman in Paris

A river in Paris

A neighborhood in Paris

A hotel in Paris
9 Baldwin was arrested after being accused of stealing a:
Bed sheet

Water jug

Jacket

Baguette
10 Which of the following events does NOT occur simultaneously in "Notes of a Native Son"?
Baldwin's sister is born

Baldwin moves to Paris

The Harlem riots break out

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

Republican Party

Black Panther Party

Progressive Party
12 What is the Great Migration?
The movement of black intellectuals to Paris

The passage from Africa to North America

African Americans moving from South to North

The escape of the ancient Hebrews from Egypt
13 Which recent war does Baldwin mention in the essays?
World War II

World War I

the Korean War

the Cold War
14 The phrase “rock of ages” comes from a
Jazz song

Christian hymn

Folk tale

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

Personification

Metonymy

Allusion
16 "Rather to rule in hell than serve in heaven" is an allusion to:
Invisible Man

Native Son

The Bible

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

Notre Dame

Rembrandt

Cathedral of Chartres
18 Baldwin compares the affects of racism to
Nausea

Cold

Fever

Blindness
19 Harlem is located in
Manhattan

Brooklyn

New Jersey

Queens
20 For Baldwin, the task of the writer is to embrace
Paralogism

Personification

Periphrasis

Paradox
21 "En avant" means
Experimental

Soldier

Onward

Not even
22 "Enmity" means
Satisfaction

Hostility

Mythology

Cowardice
23 Baldwin's father was a
Prince

Writer

Musician

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

Irony

Synecdoche

Metaphor
25 What group of people does Baldwin NOT meet in Paris?
North Africans

French

Americans

South Africans

This is really asking for your opinion. I don't know what meant something to you. It is a personal question.

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Answered by Aslan on 2/28/2021 1:49 AM

In what month and year do the events of the essay take place?

Notes of a Native Son is a collection of essays written and published by the African-American author James Baldwin. Your question depends on which essay you are referring to.

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What is the author’s goal in this book? And what kind of effect does he want his book to have in the world?

Baldwin believes that one cannot understand America without understanding race. Yet this does not only mean looking at the experiences of African Americans, though this is crucial. Baldwin argues that the racial system in America (the history of...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 9/14/2020 7:19 PM

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