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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's the name of Baldwin's brother who relayed his experience with the Melodeers in Atlanta?
(a) David.
(b) James.
(c) Richard.
(d) Brian.

2. 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 chose to remain in Paris after the war.
(c) Americans who chose to remain in America after the war.
(d) Americans who fought in the war.

3. What difference does Baldwin suggest exists between soldiers that studied in Paris and those that did not?
(a) Many that did not study in Paris died in battle.
(b) Many that studied there saw active duty
(c) Many that studied there did not see active duty.
(d) Many that studied there return to America.

4. How many of Baldwin's brothers were in the quartet?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

5. What reason does Baldwin give for not believing that ex-GIs traveled to Paris to study?
(a) Because ex-GIs did not like in the student colony.
(b) Because the ex-GIs could study the same things in the United States.
(c) Because ex-GIs rarely attended their courses.
(d) Because ex-GIs went to Paris for the culture.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the chapter entitled A Question of Identity, what does Baldwin describe as a flimsy structure, beneath contempt, designed by and for all the other people?

3. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?

4. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?

5. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?

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