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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 studied there return to America.
(c) Many that did not study in Paris died in battle.
(d) Many that studied there saw active duty

4. Where was Baldwin's father born?
(a) Harlem.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New Orleans.

5. What is Baldwin arrested for while in Paris?
(a) The theft of a hotel sheet.
(b) Stealing money from a hotel.
(c) Writing American propaganda on a hotel wall.
(d) The theft of hotel soaps and lotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Swiss Villagers occasionally do on Sundays?

2. Where does Baldwin think the older brothers and sisters in the Swiss village go to school?

3. Who were the only white people that visited Baldwin's childhood home?

4. What did Baldwin suggest attracted ex-GI's to live and study in Paris?

5. According to Baldwin, what does not exist among American students in Paris in the 1950s?

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