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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. Who traveled with Baldwin to visit his dying father on Long Island?
(a) Baldwin's mother.
(b) Baldwin's friend.
(c) Baldwin's aunt.
(d) Baldwin's brother.

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

3. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?
(a) He has taught the Negro to be inferior.
(b) He has divided Negro men and women.
(c) He treats the Negro like a slave.
(d) He has divided the Jews and Negroes.

4. According to Baldwin, which students are successfully entrenched in Parisian lifestyle?
(a) Those that know American history.
(b) Those that take time to study the culture and People of Paris.
(c) Those that use their GI funding to study at Parisian university.
(d) Those that marry French women.

5. According to Baldwin, if black faces cannot be made white then what other way can they be changed in order to be less offensive to white society?
(a) Light.
(b) White.
(c) Blank.
(d) Clear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offered to contact someone outside of the prison on behalf of Baldwin?

2. In what year was Baldwin arrested in Paris?

3. What term does Baldwin use to describe the lives of American student in Paris in the 1950s?

4. According to Baldwin, what does the black man in American struggle to find?

5. How many hours does it take to get from Milan to the Swiss Village?

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