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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. Why does Baldwin assert that White people contribute to the perpetuation of the stereotypical characters such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom?
(a) Because African Americans love to imitate these types of stereotypical characters.
(b) Because Whites like being entertained by the stereotypical figures of Black Americans.
(c) Because Whites want to believe that Black people are unhappy with their lives.
(d) Because Whites want to believe the happy, subservient personas of Black people

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

3. What newspaper rivaled the Amsterdam Star-News in the 1940s?
(a) The People's Voice.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Pittsburgh Courier.
(d) The Afro-American.

4. What was the name of the establishment where the Melodeers ate their meals while in Atlanta?
(a) Red's Diner.
(b) Fraziers' Café.
(c) Fraziers' Diner.
(d) Hunter Street Café.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What biblical story does Baldwin say allows the Blacks to identify with Jews?

2. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?

3. Where is Harlem located?

4. What did Baldwin drink before his father's funeral?

5. What are protest novels?

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