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

Langston Hughes

Richard Wright

James Baldwin
2 In which country does Baldwin live in a small village?
Liberia

Belgium

Switzerland

France
3 Most of the American students in Paris are:
Veterans

Studying painting

African American

Monolingual
4 The film Carmen Jones is based on:
A folk tale

A short story

A novel

An opera
5 Which of the following was NOT a cause of the 1943 Harlem riots?
Anger at a black soldier being shot

The building of new condos

Black GIs in the South

Poverty in the city
6 What is the name of the protagonist of Native Son?
Uncle Tom

David Baldwin

Bigger Thomas

Richard Wright
7 Where did Baldwin grow up?
Harlem

Paris

New Orleans

Atlanta
8 The Seine is:
A woman in Paris

A neighborhood in Paris

A hotel in Paris

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

Baguette

Jacket

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

Baldwin's father dies

The Harlem riots break out

Baldwin moves to Paris
11 Which political party does Baldwin's brother work for in Atlanta?
Progressive Party

Democratic Party

Black Panther Party

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

African Americans moving from South to North

The passage from Africa to North America

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

the Cold War

World War I

World War II
14 The phrase “rock of ages” comes from a
Folk tale

Rock song

Christian hymn

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

Allusion

Irony

Metonymy
16 "Rather to rule in hell than serve in heaven" is an allusion to:
Native Son

Invisible Man

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

Cathedral of Chartres

Notre Dame

Rembrandt
18 Baldwin compares the affects of racism to
Blindness

Nausea

Cold

Fever
19 Harlem is located in
Manhattan

Brooklyn

Queens

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

Periphrasis

Personification

Paradox
21 "En avant" means
Experimental

Soldier

Not even

Onward
22 "Enmity" means
Cowardice

Hostility

Mythology

Satisfaction
23 Baldwin's father was a
Preacher

Writer

Prince

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

Irony

Metaphor

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

South Africans

North Africans

French

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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