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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, who are the three most important characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Uncle Tom, Miss Ophelia, and Eliza.
(b) George, St. Clair, and Uncle Tom.
(c) George, Eliza, and Uncle Tom.
(d) George, Miss Ophelia, and Uncle Tom.

2. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Georgia?
(a) The Mulatto.
(b) The Jew.
(c) The Black man.
(d) The Negro.

3. Baldwin believes that the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin should have been:
(a) A Pamphlet.
(b) A Novel.
(c) A Short Story.
(d) A Play.

4. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?
(a) The questions it leaves about the relationship between Whites and Negroes.
(b) The questions it leaves in the mind relate more to inferior life of Americans.
(c) The changes it suggests about the lives of Negroes.
(d) The impression it leaves about the realities of Negro life.

5. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Baldwin, if black faces cannot be made white then what other way can they be changed in order to be less offensive to white society?

3. How does Baldwin describe the American Ideal?

4. How does Baldwin describe the entertainment industry in Paris for American performers in the 1940s and 50s?

5. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?

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