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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 performer did Baldwin believe would be remembered for their performance as the embattled solider in Broadway's Deep Are the Roots?
(a) Otto Preminger.
(b) Gordon Heath.
(c) Harry Belafonte.
(d) Joe Adams.

2. Who was the representative of the Progressive Party in Atlanta?
(a) Mrs. Branson Price.
(b) Mr. Henry Wallace.
(c) Mrs. Frank Johnson.
(d) Mrs. Dorothy Dandridge.

3. What does Baldwin claim Jews and Negroes must use in order to be accepted in the 1940s and 1950s?
(a) Every weapon possible.
(b) Knowledge of American society.
(c) American History.
(d) Religion.

4. According to Baldwin, what feeling did the American Negro and the French Negro share?
(a) A sense of overwhelming understanding.
(b) A sense of displacement.
(c) A sense of change.
(d) A sense of sadness.

5. How does Baldwin describe the relationship between the Negroes and the Jews in Harlem?
(a) Unwanted.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Contentious.
(d) Amicable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?

3. What does Baldwin say must sustain the American Negro in the present?

4. Who is the owner of the night club in the Latin Quarter that specializes in fried chicken and jazz?

5. What occurred a few hours after the funeral of Baldwin's father?

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