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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. What did Baldwin claim that the soldiers who studied in Paris had in common with the rest of the soliders that fought in the war?
(a) They both were Black.
(b) They both spoke French.
(c) They both studied French culture.
(d) They both wore uniforms.

2. What impeded the Progressive Party's progression in Harlem during the 1940s?
(a) The campaign promises were geared towards Whites.
(b) The campaign promises were too common.
(c) The campaign promises were geared towards African Americans.
(d) The campaign promises were too extravagant.

3. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Fine hair.
(b) Dark colored skin.
(c) Light colored skin.
(d) Blue eyes.

4. What reason does Baldwin give for not believing that ex-GIs traveled to Paris to study?
(a) Because ex-GIs went to Paris for the culture.
(b) Because the ex-GIs could study the same things in the United States.
(c) Because ex-GIs did not like in the student colony.
(d) Because ex-GIs rarely attended their courses.

5. What does Baldwin say must sustain the American Negro in the present?
(a) The African past that is disregarded in Europe.
(b) The European future.
(c) The European present.
(d) The American past that is disregarded in Europe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What war is discussed in the chapter entitled A Question of Identity?

3. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?

4. What did the parents of the Melodeers oppose prior to their departure for Atlanta?

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

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