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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. Why does Baldwin escape to Paris?
(a) To live with a French family.
(b) To study French culture.
(c) To escape the racial prejudice of Africa.
(d) To escape the racial prejudice of America.

2. What was the name of the establishment where the Melodeers ate their meals while in Atlanta?
(a) Fraziers' Diner.
(b) Red's Diner.
(c) Hunter Street Café.
(d) Fraziers' Café.

3. What was the aim of the quartet groups like the Melodeers?
(a) To change Whites' views of Black music.
(b) To sing at churches.
(c) To travel to other parts of the country.
(d) To make a livelihood from music.

4. Where did the Melodeers room while in Atlanta?
(a) a Negro motel.
(b) The homes of Progressive Party members.
(c) YWCA.
(d) YMCA.

5. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?
(a) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with seeing Negroes in familiar situations.
(b) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with the role of the lead male Negro.
(c) The cleanliness makes white audiences view the black actors as equals.
(d) The cleanliness makes white audiences want to watch more Negro movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?

2. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?

3. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?

4. What reason does Baldwin give for not believing that ex-GIs traveled to Paris to study?

5. How many of Baldwin's brothers were in the quartet?

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