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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 can the true raison d'être of the Negro press be found?
(a) Lifestyle sections of the Black magazines.
(b) Letters to the editor.
(c) The front pages of the Negro newspapers.
(d) Ebony magazine.

2. How many schoolhouses are located in the Swiss village?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. What color clothing did Baldwin say he did not have to wear to his father's funeral?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

4. According to Baldwin, both the Negro and the Jew are characterized as:
(a) Jobless.
(b) Cheerful.
(c) Religious.
(d) Helpless.

5. What phenomenon does Baldwin address in the essay entitled, A Question of Identity?
(a) Americans who chose to remain in Paris after the war.
(b) African Americans who leave America to write about race in America.
(c) Americans who fought in the war.
(d) Americans who chose to remain in America after the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had the money to pay for the Melodeers' accommodations in Atlanta?

2. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?

3. Who played the villainous second male lead in Carmen Jones?

4. Why does Baldwin go to the Swiss village?

5. What tool(s) does Baldwin take with him to the Swiss village?

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