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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. How does Baldwin describe the relationship between the Negroes and the Jews in Harlem?
(a) Contentious.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Unwanted.
(d) Amicable.

2. Where was Baldwin's father born?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Harlem.
(d) St. Louis.

3. When was Baldwin's father born?
(a) During slavery.
(b) It is unknown.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1889.

4. Who played the villainous second male lead in Carmen Jones?
(a) Joe Adams.
(b) Sammy Davis, Jr.
(c) Harry Belafonte.
(d) Sidney Poitier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?

2. How has Harlem changed since Baldwin's parents' lifetime?

3. According to Baldwin, how did an American Negro view another American Negro in Paris during the 1940s and 50s?

4. What reason does Baldwin give for not believing that ex-GIs traveled to Paris to study?

5. Who played the lead male role in the film Carmen Jones?

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