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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the night club in the Latin Quarter that specializes in fried chicken and jazz?
(a) Sorbonne cafe.
(b) Le Paris cafe.
(c) Chez Paris.
(d) Chez Inez.

2. What do the Swiss Villagers occasionally do on Sundays?
(a) Ski.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Wash dirty laundry.
(d) Cook dinner.

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

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

5. According to Baldwin, which of the following can the black man call home?
(a) America.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) France.
(d) Africa.

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

7. What did Baldwin drink before his father's funeral?
(a) Gin.
(b) Tea.
(c) Milk.
(d) Whiskey.

8. What does Baldwin say boys and young men of the Swiss village can be seen doing all week long?
(a) Shoveling snow off of the rooftops.
(b) Going to church.
(c) Skiing.
(d) Praying.

9. What color clothing did Baldwin say he did not have to wear to his father's funeral?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

10. In the chapter, A Question of Identity, how does Baldwin learn about his struggle for identity in the world?
(a) By speaking with Parisians.
(b) By observing the lifestyle of the French African.
(c) By observing others and examining his own growth.
(d) By studying at a Parisian University.

11. What is the name of the first church that Baldwin can remember attending with his family as a child?
(a) First Baptist Church.
(b) Harlem United Church.
(c) 138th Street Baptist Church.
(d) Abyssinia Baptist Church.

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

13. 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.

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

15. How far was the Fresnes prison from Paris?
(a) Fourteen Kilometers.
(b) Twelve Kilometers.
(c) Ten Kilometers.
(d) Sixteen Kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Baldwin live while in Paris?

2. What does Baldwin say must sustain the American Negro in the present?

3. 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?

4. Where did Baldwin go after his father's funeral to celebrate his birthday?

5. In what year was Baldwin arrested in Paris?

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