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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 Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?
(a) MGM Studios.
(b) Walt Disney Studios.
(c) Twentieth Century Fox.
(d) Universal Studios.

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

3. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?
(a) Amoral.
(b) Immortal
(c) Moral.
(d) Immortal.

4. What type of accommodations were promised to the Melodeers prior to leaving for Atlanta?
(a) Four to a room.
(b) One to a room.
(c) Dormitory style accommodations.
(d) Two to a room.

5. According to Baldwin, what color is associated with evil?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?

2. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?

3. Who was the presidential candidate representing the Progressive Party at the time Baldwin wrote this essay?

4. How many of Baldwin's brothers were in the quartet?

5. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?

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