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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Equal in Paris.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prison was Baldwin sent to because of his last name?
(a) La Mese.
(b) Fresnes.
(c) La Santé.
(d) Sorbonne.

2. What is the name of the first church that Baldwin can remember attending with his family as a child?
(a) First Baptist Church.
(b) 138th Street Baptist Church.
(c) Abyssinia Baptist Church.
(d) Harlem United Church.

3. Who was the presidential candidate representing the Progressive Party at the time Baldwin wrote this essay?
(a) James Jordan.
(b) Clarence Warde.
(c) Henry Wallace.
(d) Paul Roberson.

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

5. What does Baldwin suggest the presupposition of the two novels Kingsblood Royal and If He Hollers Let Him Go are in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) Black is a terrible color with which to be born into the world.
(b) Blacks need to make themselves less offensive.
(c) Black men are inferior to white men.
(d) The Negro is a man without a homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the quartet's trip to Atlanta last?

2. Baldwin believed that the American Negro in Paris in the 1940s and 50s was forced to exercise what practice?

3. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

4. How does Baldwin say American life compares to life in other parts of the world in the 1940s?

5. When was Baldwin's father born?

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