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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 is one way that Baldwin claims a person can become entrenched in the Parisian lifestyle?
(a) Marrying a French citizen.
(b) Visiting the American embassy in France.
(c) Living with a French Family.
(d) Eating a French cafes.

2. Where can the true raison d'être of the Negro press be found?
(a) Lifestyle sections of the Black magazines.
(b) Letters to the editor.
(c) The front pages of the Negro newspapers.
(d) Ebony magazine.

3. What did the parents of the Melodeers oppose prior to their departure for Atlanta?
(a) The trip to Atlanta.
(b) Only one chaperone for the group.
(c) Mr. Wades as the group's manager and guardian .
(d) An extra tour.

4. What does Baldwin claim Jews and Negroes must use in order to be accepted in the 1940s and 1950s?
(a) Knowledge of American society.
(b) Religion.
(c) Every weapon possible.
(d) American History.

5. Why is the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones considered an insult on black people?
(a) Because the characters speak like stereotypical Negroes.
(b) Because the characters speak like antebellum Negroes adopting the patterns language of their masters.
(c) Because the characters speak like enslaved Africans.
(d) Because the characters speak like northern born Negroes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?

2. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?

3. According to Baldwin, which one of the following performers had the ability to be a successful performer in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?

4. How many of Baldwin's brothers were in the quartet?

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

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