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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who visits Baldwin while he is in prison with the promise of sending someone to represent him at his trial?
(a) A released prisoner.
(b) A prison guard.
(c) A friend from New York City.
(d) An American patent attorney.

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

5. Who is the owner of the night club in the Latin Quarter that specializes in fried chicken and jazz?
(a) Inez Cavanaugh.
(b) Otto Preminger.
(c) Chester Bomar Himes.
(d) Harry Belafonte.

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

7. What tool(s) does Baldwin take with him to the Swiss village?
(a) Typewriter.
(b) Pens and Pencils.
(c) Books.
(d) Printing Press.

8. 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.

9. How does Baldwin describe the housing of all students living in the Latin Quarter?
(a) Hotels with classic architecture.
(b) Dingy hotels.
(c) Ageless, sinister-looking hotels.
(d) Medival-looking hotels.

10. What reason does Baldwin give for not believing that ex-GIs traveled to Paris to study?
(a) Because the ex-GIs could study the same things in the United States.
(b) Because ex-GIs did not like in the student colony.
(c) Because ex-GIs went to Paris for the culture.
(d) Because ex-GIs rarely attended their courses.

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

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

13. Baldwin believed that the American Negro in Paris in the 1940s and 50s was forced to exercise what practice?
(a) Democratic discrimination.
(b) Undemocratic discrimination.
(c) Age discrimination.
(d) Racial discrimination.

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

15. What gift did Baldwin's attorney friend bring him in prison?
(a) Lucky Strike Cigarettes.
(b) A bottle of French wine.
(c) Clean bed sheets .
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Baldwin, how did an American Negro view another American Negro in Paris during the 1940s and 50s?

2. In what year did Baldwin's father die?

3. How does Baldwin describe the entertainment industry in Paris for American performers in the 1940s and 50s?

4. What difference does Baldwin suggest exists between soldiers that studied in Paris and those that did not?

5. What performer did Baldwin believe would be remembered for their performance as the embattled solider in Broadway's Deep Are the Roots?

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