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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stranger in the Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Harlem located?
(a) Georgia.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) New Jersey.

2. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) George S. Schuyler.

3. What war is discussed in the chapter entitled A Question of Identity?
(a) World War II.
(b) Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) Vietnam War.

4. In what year was Baldwin arrested in Paris?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1947.

5. Why is the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones considered an insult on black people?
(a) Because the characters speak like stereotypical Negroes.
(b) Because the characters speak like enslaved Africans.
(c) Because the characters speak like northern born Negroes.
(d) Because the characters speak like antebellum Negroes adopting the patterns language of their masters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?

2. How many of Baldwin's brothers were in the quartet?

3. What is one way that Baldwin claims a person can become entrenched in the Parisian lifestyle?

4. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?

5. What biblical story does Baldwin say allows the Blacks to identify with Jews?

(see the answer key)

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