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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Approximately how many people live in the Swiss village that Baldwin visits?
(a) 600.
(b) 800.
(c) 400.
(d) 1000.

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

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

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

6. 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) American Negroes.
(c) Black soldiers.
(d) The French African.

7. Where does Baldwin stay while in Switzerland?
(a) A room in a church.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A tent.
(d) A chalet.

8. How many hours does it take to get from Milan to the Swiss Village?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

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

11. What does Baldwin say must sustain the American Negro in the present?
(a) The European present.
(b) The American past that is disregarded in Europe.
(c) The European future.
(d) The African past that is disregarded in Europe.

12. According to Baldwin, who were the only people able to maintain a useful and unquestioned friendship with Negroes during the 1940s and 50s in Paris?
(a) Negro soliders.
(b) The French.
(c) White Americans.
(d) Negro entertainers.

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

14. According to Baldwin, what is afforded to American students in Paris?
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Irresponsibility.
(d) Equality.

15. 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) Deprived.
(c) Boring.
(d) Exciting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Baldwin suggest attracted ex-GI's to live and study in Paris?

2. What is Baldwin arrested for while in Paris?

3. Who is the owner of the night club in the Latin Quarter that specializes in fried chicken and jazz?

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

5. Who were the only white people that visited Baldwin's childhood home?

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