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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Baldwin consume a lot of while writing?
(a) Coffee and Wine.
(b) Coffee and Tea.
(c) Croissants and Wine.
(d) Coffee and Croissants.

2. Where did Baldwin go after his father's funeral to celebrate his birthday?
(a) Atlantic City.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Downtown.
(d) Harlem.

3. What tool(s) does Baldwin take with him to the Swiss village?
(a) Typewriter.
(b) Printing Press.
(c) Books.
(d) Pens and Pencils.

4. 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) Exciting.
(b) Deprived.
(c) Boring.
(d) Isolated.

5. Approximately how many American Negroes were living in Paris during the 1950s?
(a) 450.
(b) 500.
(c) 600.
(d) 400.

6. What was the profession of Baldwin's father?
(a) Minister.
(b) Musician.
(c) Hotel Attendant.
(d) Politician.

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

8. What do the Swiss Villagers occasionally do on Sundays?
(a) Wash dirty laundry.
(b) Cook dinner.
(c) Ski.
(d) Go to the movies.

9. According to Baldwin, which one of the following performers had the ability to be a successful performer in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) Harry Belafonte.
(b) Duke Ellington.
(c) Jospehine Baker.
(d) Dorothy Dandridge.

10. What did Baldwin's first jail cell resemble?
(a) A chicken coop.
(b) An American prison.
(c) A prison cell.
(d) A bird's nest.

11. How does Baldwin describe the housing of all students living in the Latin Quarter?
(a) Hotels with classic architecture.
(b) Ageless, sinister-looking hotels.
(c) Medival-looking hotels.
(d) Dingy hotels.

12. What term does Baldwin use to describe the lives of American student in Paris in the 1950s?
(a) Social Stability.
(b) Social Congruence.
(c) Social Butterflies.
(d) Social Limbo.

13. According to Baldwin, where does the family lineage of any black man in America stop?
(a) Colonization.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) The slave trade.
(d) Africa.

14. How long had Baldwin been gone from home when his father passed away?
(a) A little over a year.
(b) One year.
(c) More than 2 years.
(d) Less than a year.

15. In what year did Baldwin's father die?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Baldwin, what does the black man in American struggle to find?

2. Where does Baldwin stay while in Switzerland?

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

4. When was Baldwin's father born?

5. What war is discussed in the chapter entitled A Question of Identity?

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