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

2. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Dorothy Dandridge.
(b) Pearl Bailey.
(c) Carmen Jones.
(d) Lena Horne.

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

4. Baldwin believed that the American Negro in Paris in the 1940s and 50s was forced to exercise what practice?
(a) Undemocratic discrimination.
(b) Age discrimination.
(c) Democratic discrimination.
(d) Racial discrimination.

5. What university were American soldiers attending in Paris?
(a) University of Paris.
(b) Sorbonne University.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) University of London.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

2. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?

3. 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?

4. Since Negroes have been in this country, Baldwin writes that their one devastating gain was:

5. Where did Baldwin go after his father's funeral to celebrate his birthday?

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