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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many schoolhouses are located in the Swiss village?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

5. According to Baldwin, what does not exist among American students in Paris in the 1950s?
(a) An educational experience.
(b) A different experience.
(c) A worthwhile experience.
(d) A common experience.

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

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

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

9. What did Baldwin suggest attracted ex-GI's to live and study in Paris?
(a) The beauty of the language.
(b) The architecture associated with Paris.
(c) The food associated with Paris.
(d) The romanticism associated with Paris.

10. According to Baldwin, what does the black man in American struggle to find?
(a) His former slave master.
(b) His real family.
(c) His childhood memories.
(d) His own identity.

11. In what year did Baldwin's father die?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1942.

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

13. How long had Baldwin been gone from home when his father passed away?
(a) A little over a year.
(b) One year.
(c) More than 2 years.
(d) Less than a year.

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

15. 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) African Americans who leave America to write about race in America.
(c) Americans who fought in the war.
(d) Americans who chose to remain in Paris after the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was the Fresnes prison from Paris?

2. According to Baldwin, which one of the following performers had the ability to be a successful performer in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?

3. What action performed by the prison guards did Baldwin think demoralized him as a human being?

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

5. What legislation made it possible for American soldiers to pay for their education in Paris after the war?

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