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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose records did Baldwin's father forbid his children to play?
(a) James Brown.
(b) The Golden Gate Quartet.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) The Melodeers.

2. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?
(a) To the casino.
(b) To downtown New York City.
(c) Atlantic City, NJ.
(d) To the movies and to have drinks.

3. According to Baldwin, what does not exist among American students in Paris in the 1950s?
(a) A common experience.
(b) A worthwhile experience.
(c) A different experience.
(d) An educational experience.

4. 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) Exciting.
(b) Boring.
(c) Deprived.
(d) Isolated.

5. In what year was Baldwin arrested in Paris?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1947.

6. According to Baldwin, what does the black man in American struggle to find?
(a) His childhood memories.
(b) His real family.
(c) His own identity.
(d) His former slave master.

7. In the essay Equal in Paris, what are we told lead police to know that one of the Parisian hotels had their property stolen?
(a) The color of the sheets.
(b) The hotel monogram on the sheets.
(c) A witness called the police.
(d) Baldwin's friend told the police they were stolen.

8. 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.

9. What phenomenon does Baldwin address in the essay entitled, A Question of Identity?
(a) Americans who fought in the war.
(b) African Americans who leave America to write about race in America.
(c) Americans who chose to remain in America after the war.
(d) Americans who chose to remain in Paris after the war.

10. What prison was Baldwin sent to because of his last name?
(a) Fresnes.
(b) La Mese.
(c) La Santé.
(d) Sorbonne.

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

12. How long had Baldwin been gone from home when his father passed away?
(a) One year.
(b) Less than a year.
(c) A little over a year.
(d) More than 2 years.

13. 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?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 5,000.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of Swiss villagers sometimes extend grave overtures of friendship to Baldwin?

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

3. According to Baldwin, which students are successfully entrenched in Parisian lifestyle?

4. What war is discussed in the chapter entitled A Question of Identity?

5. Instead of discussing the past, what does Baldwin suggest the American Negro and Whites discuss while in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?

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