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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Society.
(b) America.
(c) Justice.
(d) Citizenship.

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

4. Who were the only white people that visited Baldwin's childhood home?
(a) Welfare workers and police officers.
(b) Welfare workers and teachers.
(c) Welfare workers and bill collectors.
(d) Bill Collectors and police officers.

5. What term does Baldwin use to describe the lives of American student in Paris in the 1950s?
(a) Social Stability.
(b) Social Limbo.
(c) Social Congruence.
(d) Social Butterflies.

6. What legislation made it possible for American soldiers to pay for their education in Paris after the war?
(a) The Foreign Education Bill.
(b) The Veterans Educational Achievement Act.
(c) The Soldier's Education Act.
(d) G.I. Bill.

7. Approximately how many American Negroes were living in Paris during the 1950s?
(a) 450.
(b) 400.
(c) 500.
(d) 600.

8. What phenomenon does Baldwin address in the essay entitled, A Question of Identity?
(a) Americans who chose to remain in America after the war.
(b) Americans who chose to remain in Paris after the war.
(c) African Americans who leave America to write about race in America.
(d) Americans who fought in the war.

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

10. In the essay Equal in Paris, what are we told lead police to know that one of the Parisian hotels had their property stolen?
(a) Baldwin's friend told the police they were stolen.
(b) A witness called the police.
(c) The hotel monogram on the sheets.
(d) The color of the sheets.

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

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

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

14. What emotion of Baldwin's father does he describe as "never to be trusted"?
(a) His father's temper.
(b) His father's kindness.
(c) His father's sadness.
(d) His father's love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Baldwin go after his father's funeral to celebrate his birthday?

2. When was Baldwin's father born?

3. Where was Baldwin's father born?

4. How long had Baldwin been gone from home when his father passed away?

5. 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?

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