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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. Instead of discussing the past, what does Baldwin suggest the American Negro and Whites discuss while in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) French politics.
(b) American politics.
(c) The Eiffel Tower.
(d) Musicians.

2. What other event shared the same date as the funeral of Baldwin's father?
(a) Baldwin's 17th birthday.
(b) Baldwin's 20th birthday.
(c) Baldwin's 18th birthday.
(d) Baldwin's 19th birthday.

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

4. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?
(a) A Chicago tenement.
(b) A YMCA in Atlanta, GA.
(c) The projects of the Bronx, NY.
(d) A Harlem apartment.

5. According to Baldwin, what has the African not yet endured that the American Negro has endured?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Colonization.
(c) Transcontinential travel.
(d) Alienation from his people and his past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?

2. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?

3. 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?

4. According to Baldwin, what was the legend of Paris?

5. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?

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