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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. Since Negroes have been in this country, Baldwin writes that their one devastating gain was:
(a) Colonization.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Abolition.
(d) Emancipation.

2. How many of Baldwin's brothers were in the quartet?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

4. According to Baldwin, if black faces cannot be made white then what other way can they be changed in order to be less offensive to white society?
(a) White.
(b) Blank.
(c) Clear.
(d) Light.

5. Approximately how many American Negroes were living in Paris during the 1950s?
(a) 400.
(b) 500.
(c) 450.
(d) 600.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Baldwin suggest attracted ex-GI's to live and study in Paris?

2. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?

3. 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?

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

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

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