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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are there more of in Harlem than any other ghetto in the city?
(a) Homes.
(b) Prisons.
(c) Churches.
(d) Grocery Stores.

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

3. Who is the author of Native Son?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Langston Hughes.

4. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?
(a) Because African Americans refuted the stereotypical images Aunt Jemima.
(b) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes cook and clean the white man's home.
(c) Because of the portrayal of Uncle Tom.
(d) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes as white as possible in order to interact with them.

5. How has Harlem changed since Baldwin's parents' lifetime?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Not much.
(c) Somewhat in the Jewish occupied areas.
(d) A great deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Baldwin's father born?

2. Instead of discussing the past, what does Baldwin suggest the American Negro and Whites discuss while in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?

3. Why is the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones considered an insult on black people?

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. Approximately how many American Negroes were living in Paris during the 1950s?

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