How Well Do You Know James Baldwin?

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    Which of these is not written by James Baldwin?

    • Another Country
    • Nothing Personal
    • Beloved
    • Nobody Knows My Name
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Are you ready to test how well you know James Baldwin? If yes, then we have a quiz on him for you. As an American writer of the 20th century, James Baldwin's literary works majorly deal with themes of masculinity, sexuality, race, and class. Questions in this quiz deal with his personal life as well as his work. Let's see how well you manage to score. Best of luck to you!

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  • 2. 

    Which was James Baldwin's first novel that was also included in the list of "100 best English-language novels released from 1923 to 2005" by Time magazine years later?

    • Giovanni's Room

    • Nobody Knows My Name

    • Go Tell It on the Mountain

    • None of these

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  • 3. 

    "Going to Meet the Man" came in

    • 1965

    • 1967

    • 1970

    • 1972

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  • 4. 

    What's the name of the documentary film based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript titled "Remember This House"?

    • I Am Not Your Slave

    • I Am Not Your Negro

    • Negro Is Not My Identity

    • The Oppression of the Blacks

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  • 5. 

    In which year was "Go Tell It on the Mountain" published?

    • 1943

    • 1948

    • 1950

    • 1952

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  • 6. 

    Who encouraged James Baldwin to try writing as a career?

    • His mother, Emma Berdis Jones

    • His school principal, Gertrude E. Ayer

    • His childhood friend

    • None of these

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    In 1942, which of these jobs did James Baldwin get?

    • The job of laying tracks for the military

    • The job of supervision in coal-mines

    • Job as a school teacher

    • None of these

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  • 8. 

    During his stay in Paris, which of these works did James Baldwin write?

    • "The Negro"

    • "A Black Man in Paris"

    • "Paris; Through the Eyes of a Negro"

    • "The Negro in Paris"

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    Where did James Baldwin go from America at the age of 24 to not wanting to see himself labeled merely as an American-African writer?

    • Berlin

    • Paris

    • Sydney

    • Moscow

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  • 10. 

    Which of these is a character from "Just Above My Head" by James Baldwin?

    • Arthur Montana

    • Ruth Granger

    • Odessa

    • All of these

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