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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the French see Baldwin in the commissariat?
(a) As an American Negro.
(b) As a French man.
(c) As a French Negro.
(d) As an American.

2. Who visits Baldwin while he is in prison with the promise of sending someone to represent him at his trial?
(a) A released prisoner.
(b) An American patent attorney.
(c) A prison guard.
(d) A friend from New York City.

3. What action performed by the prison guards did Baldwin think demoralized him as a human being?
(a) Branding each prisoner with their inmate number.
(b) Removal of one's shoelace and belts.
(c) Deliberately not feeding the inmates.
(d) Restriction of one's religious beliefs.

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

5. What technique did Baldwin say he used in arguments with his father?
(a) Silence.
(b) Combative behavior.
(c) Name calling.
(d) Violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay Equal in Paris, what city was Baldwin's new "friend" from?

2. Who traveled with Baldwin to visit his dying father on Long Island?

3. Which group of Swiss villagers sometimes extend grave overtures of friendship to Baldwin?

4. What color clothing did Baldwin say he did not have to wear to his father's funeral?

5. What tool(s) does Baldwin take with him to the Swiss village?

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