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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 a French man.
(b) As an American.
(c) As an American Negro.
(d) As a French Negro.

2. What war is discussed in the chapter entitled A Question of Identity?
(a) Civil War.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

3. What legislation made it possible for American soldiers to pay for their education in Paris after the war?
(a) The Foreign Education Bill.
(b) The Soldier's Education Act.
(c) The Veterans Educational Achievement Act.
(d) G.I. Bill.

4. Who is the owner of the night club in the Latin Quarter that specializes in fried chicken and jazz?
(a) Inez Cavanaugh.
(b) Chester Bomar Himes.
(c) Otto Preminger.
(d) Harry Belafonte.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Baldwin arrested in Paris?

3. 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?

4. What did Baldwin drink before his father's funeral?

5. 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?

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