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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue is the American constantly confronted with in Paris?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Colonization.
(c) Identity.
(d) Racism.

2. How does Baldwin describe the entertainment industry in Paris for American performers in the 1940s and 50s?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Easy.
(d) Prosperous.

3. According to Baldwin, which students are successfully entrenched in Parisian lifestyle?
(a) Those that marry French women.
(b) Those that know American history.
(c) Those that use their GI funding to study at Parisian university.
(d) Those that take time to study the culture and People of Paris.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique did Baldwin say he used in arguments with his father?

2. According to Baldwin, where does the family lineage of any black man in America stop?

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

4. What was the profession of Baldwin's father?

5. What have some of the men in the Swiss village accused Baldwin of doing?

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