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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?
(a) To the casino.
(b) To the movies and to have drinks.
(c) Atlantic City, NJ.
(d) To downtown New York City.

3. Where did Baldwin go after his father's funeral to celebrate his birthday?
(a) Atlantic City.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Downtown.
(d) Atlanta.

4. What food was always in the reoccurring nightmares that Baldwin had while in Fresnes?
(a) His mother's fried chicken.
(b) His mother's macaroni and cheese.
(c) Sweet potato pie.
(d) Collard greens.

5. Where did Baldwin live while in Paris?
(a) French motels.
(b) A rented apartment.
(c) The home of French friends.
(d) French hotels.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours does it take to get from Milan to the Swiss Village?

2. In the essay Equal in Paris, what are we told lead police to know that one of the Parisian hotels had their property stolen?

3. According to Baldwin, how did an American Negro view another American Negro in Paris during the 1940s and 50s?

4. Approximately how many people live in the Swiss village that Baldwin visits?

5. What issue is the American constantly confronted with in Paris?

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