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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?
(a) To prove slavery is wrong.
(b) To tell the true story of Uncle Tom.
(c) To show the every day life of a slave.
(d) To abolish slavery.

2. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?
(a) It had an interracial cast.
(b) It had an all-African cast.
(c) It had an all-white cast.
(d) It had an all-Negro cast.

3. What does Baldwin say it means for the Negro to be religious?
(a) He stands in fear of God.
(b) He stands in fear of beast.
(c) He stands in fear of creation.
(d) He stands in fear of man.

4. What technique did Baldwin say he used in arguments with his father?
(a) Name calling.
(b) Combative behavior.
(c) Silence.
(d) Violence.

5. In what year was Baldwin arrested in Paris?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was the Fresnes prison from Paris?

2. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What impeded the Progressive Party's progression in Harlem during the 1940s?

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