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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stranger in the Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many schoolhouses are located in the Swiss village?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. What food was always in the reoccurring nightmares that Baldwin had while in Fresnes?
(a) His mother's fried chicken.
(b) Sweet potato pie.
(c) His mother's macaroni and cheese.
(d) Collard greens.

3. Who offered to contact someone outside of the prison on behalf of Baldwin?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A prison guard.
(c) A patent lawyer.
(d) A released prisoner.

4. According to Baldwin, at what point does the making of an American begin?
(a) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and receives their U.S. citizenship from the government.
(b) At the point that the person enters the country and adopts the venture of the adopted land.
(c) At the point where the individual reaches Ellis Island in New York.
(d) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and adopts the venture of the adopted land.

5. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?
(a) The all-Negro cast is less intimidating.
(b) The Negroes would see a movie with an all-Negro cast.
(c) White people do not want to see an interracial cast.
(d) There are no white people to which the Negroes may be compared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?

2. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Georgia?

3. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?

4. Where is Atlanta located?

5. How does Baldwin describe the housing of all students living in the Latin Quarter?

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