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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Baldwin claim that the soldiers who studied in Paris had in common with the rest of the soliders that fought in the war?
(a) They both studied French culture.
(b) They both wore uniforms.
(c) They both spoke French.
(d) They both were Black.

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

5. According to Baldwin, what feeling did the American Negro and the French Negro share?
(a) A sense of change.
(b) A sense of overwhelming understanding.
(c) A sense of sadness.
(d) A sense of displacement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Baldwin's first jail cell resemble?

2. 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?

3. How does Baldwin describe the housing of all students living in the Latin Quarter?

4. Why does Baldwin assume that the Swiss village is not Protestant?

5. Where was Baldwin's father born?

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