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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 is the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones considered an insult on black people?
(a) Because the characters speak like antebellum Negroes adopting the patterns language of their masters.
(b) Because the characters speak like stereotypical Negroes.
(c) Because the characters speak like northern born Negroes.
(d) Because the characters speak like enslaved Africans.

2. What difference does Baldwin suggest exists between soldiers that studied in Paris and those that did not?
(a) Many that studied there return to America.
(b) Many that studied there saw active duty
(c) Many that did not study in Paris died in battle.
(d) Many that studied there did not see active duty.

3. How does Baldwin describe the entertainment industry in Paris for American performers in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Easy.
(d) Prosperous.

4. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?
(a) The questions it leaves about the relationship between Whites and Negroes.
(b) The impression it leaves about the realities of Negro life.
(c) The changes it suggests about the lives of Negroes.
(d) The questions it leaves in the mind relate more to inferior life of Americans.

5. Who was the presidential candidate representing the Progressive Party at the time Baldwin wrote this essay?
(a) Paul Roberson.
(b) James Jordan.
(c) Clarence Warde.
(d) Henry Wallace.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Baldwin, what has the African not yet endured that the American Negro has endured?

2. Protest novels are said to resemble:

3. What is the name of the first church that Baldwin can remember attending with his family as a child?

4. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?

5. Which of the following artists was mentioned in the Harlem Ghetto chapter as having a column in the People's Voice?

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