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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. How does Baldwin describe the lives of the nonperforming Negroes in Paris as compared to the lives of Negro entertainers in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Isolated.
(c) Boring.
(d) Deprived.

2. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?
(a) To abolish slavery.
(b) To show the every day life of a slave.
(c) To prove slavery is wrong.
(d) To tell the true story of Uncle Tom.

3. Where is Harlem located?
(a) New York.
(b) Georgia.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) California.

4. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?
(a) Little Women.
(b) Black Boy.
(c) Othello.
(d) Native Son.

5. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?
(a) Negative images in the media.
(b) Slum.
(c) Injustices.
(d) Remote Violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter, A Question of Identity, how does Baldwin learn about his struggle for identity in the world?

2. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?

3. Where can the true raison d'être of the Negro press be found?

4. According to Baldwin, what characteristic does Dorothy Dandridge have that Pearl Bailey lacks?

5. How long did the quartet's trip to Atlanta last?

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