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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What difference does Baldwin suggest exists between soldiers that studied in Paris and those that did not?
(a) Many that studied there return to America.
(b) Many that studied there did not see active duty.
(c) Many that did not study in Paris died in battle.
(d) Many that studied there saw active duty

4. According to Baldwin, what feeling did the American Negro and the French Negro share?
(a) A sense of displacement.
(b) A sense of sadness.
(c) A sense of change.
(d) A sense of overwhelming understanding.

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

6. What is one way that Baldwin claims a person can become entrenched in the Parisian lifestyle?
(a) Visiting the American embassy in France.
(b) Living with a French Family.
(c) Eating a French cafes.
(d) Marrying a French citizen.

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

8. Why does Baldwin assume that the Swiss village is not Protestant?
(a) The synagogue are open more often.
(b) The Catholic churches are open more often.
(c) The Swiss villagers have Buddhist temples in their homes.
(d) There are no Protestant churches.

9. What prison was Baldwin's friend sent to that he was forbidden to enter?
(a) Fresnes.
(b) La Mese.
(c) Sorbonne.
(d) La Santé.

10. Where did Baldwin go after his father's funeral to celebrate his birthday?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Downtown.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Atlantic City.

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

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

13. What do the children call Baldwin when he first arrives in the Swiss village?
(a) Neger.
(b) Negro.
(c) Black man.
(d) Poor man.

14. What did Baldwin claim that the soldiers who studied in Paris had in common with the rest of the soliders that fought in the war?
(a) They both spoke French.
(b) They both studied French culture.
(c) They both wore uniforms.
(d) They both were Black.

15. In the chapter entitled A Question of Identity, what does Baldwin describe as a flimsy structure, beneath contempt, designed by and for all the other people?
(a) Citizenship.
(b) America.
(c) Justice.
(d) Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Baldwin, which of the following can the black man call home?

2. Where does Baldwin stay while in Switzerland?

3. What does Baldwin assume is the main religion of the Swiss village?

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

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

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