Notes of a Native Son (paragraphs 3,4, and 5)

Paragraph 3 includes examples of each of the following EXCEPT

• parallel structure

• personification

• allusion

• antithesis

• anaphora

The reference to Louis Armstrong serves primarily to

• set the historical context for the passage

• establish the author's taste in music

• show the importance of African American culture in the household

• characterize the father's judgmental nature

• lighten the tone of the passage

Baldwin's observation that his father "really should have been naked, with war-paint on and barbaric mementos, standing among spears" (paragraph 5) suggests that Baldwin believes

• his father's life thwarted his true possibilites

• his father descended from royalty

• his father was a charlatan

• his father could have lived in another era

• his father's African heritage was a source of inspiration

In the sentence "He was not a young man when we were growing up and he had already suffered many kinds of ruin" (paragraph 5), "ruin" most likely refers to the father's

• age

• illness

• lack of understanding

• disappointments

• wasted time