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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. According to Baldwin, which one of the following performers had the ability to be a successful performer in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) Dorothy Dandridge.
(b) Jospehine Baker.
(c) Duke Ellington.
(d) Harry Belafonte.

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

3. What does Baldwin say it means for the Negro to be religious?
(a) He stands in fear of man.
(b) He stands in fear of creation.
(c) He stands in fear of God.
(d) He stands in fear of beast.

4. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Pearl Bailey.
(b) Dorothy Dandridge.
(c) Carmen Jones.
(d) Lena Horne.

5. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?
(a) Because Whites has a great influence in Black politics.
(b) Because Blacks did care about politics.
(c) Because it was treated with little respect.
(d) Because Blacks were in need of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Baldwin, which students are successfully entrenched in Parisian lifestyle?

2. What color clothing did Baldwin say he did not have to wear to his father's funeral?

3. What did Baldwin drink before his father's funeral?

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

5. In what year did Baldwin's father die?

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