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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. According to Baldwin, what was the legend of Paris?
(a) One of equality.
(b) One of bureaucracy.
(c) One of democracy.
(d) One of freedom.

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

3. According to Baldwin, which students are successfully entrenched in Parisian lifestyle?
(a) Those that know American history.
(b) Those that marry French women.
(c) Those that take time to study the culture and People of Paris.
(d) Those that use their GI funding to study at Parisian university.

4. Who played the lead male role in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Sidney Poitier.
(b) Harry Belafonte.
(c) Joe Adams.
(d) Sammy Davis, Jr.

5. Who was the legal guardian and road manager of the Melodeers during their journey to Atlanta?
(a) Clarence Warde.
(b) Branson Price.
(c) Henry Wallace.
(d) Adam Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?

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

3. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?

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

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

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