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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 novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?
(a) Little Women.
(b) Black Boy.
(c) Othello.
(d) Native Son.

2. 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?
(a) American Negroes.
(b) The French African.
(c) White Americans.
(d) Black soldiers.

3. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Overweight.
(b) Coarse hair.
(c) Dark colored skin.
(d) Brown eyes.

4. What impeded the Progressive Party's progression in Harlem during the 1940s?
(a) The campaign promises were too common.
(b) The campaign promises were geared towards African Americans.
(c) The campaign promises were too extravagant.
(d) The campaign promises were geared towards Whites.

5. What biblical story does Baldwin say allows the Blacks to identify with Jews?
(a) God's creation of Adam.
(b) Moses' deliverance from Egypt.
(c) God's Covenant with Abraham.
(d) Jesus' crucifixion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are protest novels?

2. What does Baldwin claim Jews and Negroes must use in order to be accepted in the 1940s and 1950s?

3. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?

4. What's the name of Baldwin's brother who relayed his experience with the Melodeers in Atlanta?

5. Who played the villainous second male lead in Carmen Jones?

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