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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Baldwin think the older brothers and sisters in the Swiss village go to school?
(a) The synagogue.
(b) The town at the bottom of the mountain.
(c) France.
(d) America.

3. What do the Swiss Villagers occasionally do on Sundays?
(a) Wash dirty laundry.
(b) Cook dinner.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Ski.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Baldwin, which students are successfully entrenched in Parisian lifestyle?

3. Which group did Baldwin mention as living together in groups - in the same neighborhoods and student hotels - while in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?

4. According to Baldwin, what is afforded to American students in Paris?

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

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