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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Baldwin, how did an American Negro view another American Negro in Paris during the 1940s and 50s?
(a) A source of knowledge.
(b) A source of sadness.
(c) A source of rage.
(d) A source of joy.

3. What did Baldwin consume a lot of while writing?
(a) Croissants and Wine.
(b) Coffee and Croissants.
(c) Coffee and Tea.
(d) Coffee and Wine.

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

5. Why does Baldwin go to the Swiss village?
(a) To write.
(b) To practice a new religion.
(c) To see if there are any Black people in Switzerland.
(d) To study the culture of the people in the village.

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

7. What occurred a few hours after the funeral of Baldwin's father?
(a) Baldwin's brother passed away.
(b) A Progressive Party rally.
(c) A black man was beat up by the police.
(d) A race riot.

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

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

10. Which group did Baldwin mention as living together in groups - in the same neighborhoods and student hotels - while in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) White Americans.
(b) The French African.
(c) Black soldiers.
(d) American Negroes.

11. According to Baldwin, where does the family lineage of any black man in America stop?
(a) Colonization.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) Africa.
(d) The slave trade.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Baldwin live while in Paris?

2. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?

3. Who visits Baldwin while he is in prison with the promise of sending someone to represent him at his trial?

4. Baldwin believed that the American Negro in Paris in the 1940s and 50s was forced to exercise what practice?

5. What action performed by the prison guards did Baldwin think demoralized him as a human being?

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