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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 did Baldwin drink before his father's funeral?
(a) Milk.
(b) Gin.
(c) Tea.
(d) Whiskey.

2. According to Baldwin, which students are successfully entrenched in Parisian lifestyle?
(a) Those that take time to study the culture and People of Paris.
(b) Those that use their GI funding to study at Parisian university.
(c) Those that marry French women.
(d) Those that know American history.

3. Who had the money to pay for the Melodeers' accommodations in Atlanta?
(a) Henry Wallace.
(b) Mrs. Brandon Price.
(c) Clarance Warde.
(d) Louis Burner.

4. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?
(a) The book describes the life of a Negro man as if he was a White man.
(b) The book dehumanizes Negro women and makes the Negro man superior to the Negro woman.
(c) The book negates the role of the black woman in society.
(d) The book negates the whole race and converts the Negro man's pride into anger.

5. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?
(a) Our passion for change.
(b) Our passion for categorization.
(c) Our passion for clarity.
(d) Our passion for knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Melodeers ultimately end up rehearsing for their performances in Atlanta?

2. What was the profession of Baldwin's father?

3. According to Baldwin, what feeling did the American Negro and the French Negro share?

4. Who were the only white people that visited Baldwin's childhood home?

5. What performer did Baldwin believe would be remembered for their performance as the embattled solider in Broadway's Deep Are the Roots?

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