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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 were the only people able to maintain a useful and unquestioned friendship with Negroes during the 1940s and 50s in Paris?
(a) Negro soliders.
(b) The French.
(c) White Americans.
(d) Negro entertainers.

2. How does Baldwin describe the lives of the nonperforming Negroes in Paris as compared to the lives of Negro entertainers in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) Deprived.
(b) Isolated.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Boring.

3. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?
(a) Moral.
(b) Immortal.
(c) Immortal
(d) Amoral.

4. What issue is the American constantly confronted with in Paris?
(a) Racism.
(b) Colonization.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Identity.

5. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?
(a) It had an interracial cast.
(b) It had an all-Negro cast.
(c) It had an all-white cast.
(d) It had an all-African cast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the night club in the Latin Quarter that specializes in fried chicken and jazz?

2. What impeded the Progressive Party's progression in Harlem during the 1940s?

3. What type of accommodations were promised to the Melodeers prior to leaving for Atlanta?

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

5. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?

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