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

2. What technique did Baldwin say he used in arguments with his father?
(a) Silence.
(b) Violence.
(c) Name calling.
(d) Combative behavior.

3. In total, how many days did Baldwin spend in the French prison system?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

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

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

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

7. What does Baldwin assume is the main religion of the Swiss village?
(a) Judiasm.
(b) Islam.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Catholicism.

8. According to Baldwin, what discovery brings an end to the alienation of the American student in Paris?
(a) Discovering America from the vantage point of the French African.
(b) Discovering European culture.
(c) Discovering America from the vantage point of Europe.
(d) Discovering American culture.

9. Why does Baldwin escape to Paris?
(a) To escape the racial prejudice of America.
(b) To live with a French family.
(c) To escape the racial prejudice of Africa.
(d) To study French culture.

10. 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.

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

12. What other event shared the same date as the funeral of Baldwin's father?
(a) Baldwin's 17th birthday.
(b) Baldwin's 20th birthday.
(c) Baldwin's 19th birthday.
(d) Baldwin's 18th birthday.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first church that Baldwin can remember attending with his family as a child?

2. Approximately how many American Negroes were living in Paris during the 1950s?

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

4. What prison was Baldwin sent to because of his last name?

5. What happened on the same day that Baldwin's father died?

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