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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Question of Identity.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1957.
2. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?
(a) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with the role of the lead male Negro.
(b) The cleanliness makes white audiences want to watch more Negro movies.
(c) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with seeing Negroes in familiar situations.
(d) The cleanliness makes white audiences view the black actors as equals.
3. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?
(a) The music pieces were sung by white people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(b) The music pieces were sung by white men and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(c) The music pieces were sung by middle class black people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(d) The music pieces were sung in Italian and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
4. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Pearl Bailey.
(b) Carmen Jones.
(c) Lena Horne.
(d) Dorothy Dandridge.
5. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?
(a) The impression it leaves about the realities of Negro life.
(b) The changes it suggests about the lives of Negroes.
(c) The questions it leaves about the relationship between Whites and Negroes.
(d) The questions it leaves in the mind relate more to inferior life of Americans.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did the Melodeers ultimately end up rehearsing for their performances in Atlanta?
2. Of all Americans, who does Baldwin say Negroes distrust the most?
3. What phenomenon does Baldwin address in the essay entitled, A Question of Identity?
4. Why does Baldwin escape to Paris?
5. In the chapter entitled A Question of Identity, what does Baldwin describe as a flimsy structure, beneath contempt, designed by and for all the other people?
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