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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What occurred a few hours after the funeral of Baldwin's father?
(a) A race riot.
(b) Baldwin's brother passed away.
(c) A black man was beat up by the police.
(d) A Progressive Party rally.

4. Why does Baldwin go to the Swiss village?
(a) To write.
(b) To study the culture of the people in the village.
(c) To see if there are any Black people in Switzerland.
(d) To practice a new religion.

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

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

7. What university were American soldiers attending in Paris?
(a) University of Paris.
(b) Sorbonne University.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) University of London.

8. When was Baldwin's father born?
(a) It is unknown.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1889.
(d) During slavery.

9. How far was the Fresnes prison from Paris?
(a) Sixteen Kilometers.
(b) Ten Kilometers.
(c) Fourteen Kilometers.
(d) Twelve Kilometers.

10. According to Baldwin, what discovery brings an end to the alienation of the American student in Paris?
(a) Discovering European culture.
(b) Discovering America from the vantage point of the French African.
(c) Discovering American culture.
(d) Discovering America from the vantage point of Europe.

11. Baldwin believed that the American Negro in Paris in the 1940s and 50s was forced to exercise what practice?
(a) Democratic discrimination.
(b) Undemocratic discrimination.
(c) Racial discrimination.
(d) Age discrimination.

12. Why does Baldwin assume that the Swiss village is not Protestant?
(a) The Swiss villagers have Buddhist temples in their homes.
(b) The Catholic churches are open more often.
(c) The synagogue are open more often.
(d) There are no Protestant churches.

13. What did Baldwin drink before his father's funeral?
(a) Tea.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Milk.
(d) Gin.

14. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?
(a) To the movies and to have drinks.
(b) Atlantic City, NJ.
(c) To the casino.
(d) To downtown New York City.

15. Who visits Baldwin while he is in prison with the promise of sending someone to represent him at his trial?
(a) A prison guard.
(b) A friend from New York City.
(c) An American patent attorney.
(d) A released prisoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Baldwin's first jail cell resemble?

2. Which group did Baldwin mention as living together in groups - in the same neighborhoods and student hotels - while in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?

3. What have some of the men in the Swiss village accused Baldwin of doing?

4. Which group of Swiss villagers sometimes extend grave overtures of friendship to Baldwin?

5. What did Baldwin suggest attracted ex-GI's to live and study in Paris?

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