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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Melodeers ultimately end up rehearsing for their performances in Atlanta?
(a) A Negro motel.
(b) YWCA.
(c) YMCA.
(d) A private home.

2. 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.

3. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?
(a) The loss of African American identity.
(b) The loss of Negroes to slavery.
(c) The loss of racial identity.
(d) The loss of our own identity.

4. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Whites?
(a) Protest Literature.
(b) Social Literature.
(c) Problem Literature.
(d) Change Literature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is history and the progress of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

2. Which of the following artists was mentioned in the Harlem Ghetto chapter as having a column in the People's Voice?

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

4. What difference does Baldwin suggest exists between soldiers that studied in Paris and those that did not?

5. Of all Americans, who does Baldwin say Negroes distrust the most?

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