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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 is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?
(a) To bring the ideals of socialism to the oppressed.
(b) To bring greater charity to the oppressed.
(c) To bring greater freedom to the oppressed.
(d) To bring Christianity to the oppressed.

2. Who is the author of Native Son?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Langston Hughes.

3. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) A mass of darkness.
(b) A series of shadows.
(c) A series of mishaps.
(d) A gloomy mist.

4. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?
(a) Colonial.
(b) Slavery era.
(c) Civil rights era.
(d) Pre-civil rights era.

5. According to Baldwin, how did an American Negro view another American Negro in Paris during the 1940s and 50s?
(a) A source of rage.
(b) A source of knowledge.
(c) A source of joy.
(d) A source of sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique did Baldwin say he used in arguments with his father?

2. What was the name of the establishment where the Melodeers ate their meals while in Atlanta?

3. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?

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

5. What phenomenon does Baldwin address in the essay entitled, A Question of Identity?

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