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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Baldwin escape to Paris?
(a) To escape the racial prejudice of America.
(b) To study French culture.
(c) To escape the racial prejudice of Africa.
(d) To live with a French family.

2. In the essay Equal in Paris, what city was Baldwin's new "friend" from?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Atlantic City.
(c) New York City.
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. How does Baldwin describe the entertainment industry in Paris for American performers in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Easy.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Prosperous.

4. What reason does Baldwin give for Blacks living in Paris?
(a) They fell in love with the language and cultural of Paris.
(b) They wanted to escape from American society.
(c) They wanted to learn more about France.
(d) They wanted to marry French women.

5. According to Baldwin, what has the African not yet endured that the American Negro has endured?
(a) Transcontinential travel.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Colonization.
(d) Alienation from his people and his past.

6. What did Baldwin's first jail cell resemble?
(a) A prison cell.
(b) A chicken coop.
(c) A bird's nest.
(d) An American prison.

7. How does Baldwin describe the lives of the nonperforming Negroes in Paris as compared to the lives of Negro entertainers in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) Deprived.
(b) Isolated.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Boring.

8. What did Baldwin suggest attracted ex-GI's to live and study in Paris?
(a) The food associated with Paris.
(b) The architecture associated with Paris.
(c) The romanticism associated with Paris.
(d) The beauty of the language.

9. What action performed by the prison guards did Baldwin think demoralized him as a human being?
(a) Removal of one's shoelace and belts.
(b) Deliberately not feeding the inmates.
(c) Restriction of one's religious beliefs.
(d) Branding each prisoner with their inmate number.

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

11. Instead of discussing the past, what does Baldwin suggest the American Negro and Whites discuss while in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) American politics.
(b) The Eiffel Tower.
(c) Musicians.
(d) French politics.

12. According to Baldwin, what was the legend of Paris?
(a) One of democracy.
(b) One of freedom.
(c) One of bureaucracy.
(d) One of equality.

13. When was Baldwin's father born?
(a) It is unknown.
(b) During slavery.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1900.

14. What performer did Baldwin believe would be remembered for their performance as the embattled solider in Broadway's Deep Are the Roots?
(a) Joe Adams.
(b) Gordon Heath.
(c) Otto Preminger.
(d) Harry Belafonte.

15. Where did Baldwin spend much of his time while in Paris?
(a) Cafes.
(b) Parks.
(c) Museums.
(d) The Eiffel Tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the population of the town at the foot of the mountain, where many of the Swiss villagers shop and go to the movies?

2. What do the Swiss Villagers occasionally do on Sundays?

3. Why does Baldwin assume that the Swiss village is not Protestant?

4. What do the children call Baldwin when he first arrives in the Swiss village?

5. What emotion of Baldwin's father does he describe as "never to be trusted"?

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