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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Equal in Paris.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Baldwin, what color is associated with evil?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

2. What emotion of Baldwin's father does he describe as "never to be trusted"?
(a) His father's kindness.
(b) His father's temper.
(c) His father's sadness.
(d) His father's love.

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

4. When was Baldwin's father born?
(a) 1900.
(b) During slavery.
(c) 1889.
(d) It is unknown.

5. What university were American soldiers attending in Paris?
(a) Sorbonne University.
(b) University of Paris.
(c) University of London.
(d) Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of discussing the past, what does Baldwin suggest the American Negro and Whites discuss while in Paris in the 1940s and 50s?

2. What action performed by the prison guards did Baldwin think demoralized him as a human being?

3. Who was the representative of the Progressive Party in Atlanta?

4. In the chapter, A Question of Identity, how does Baldwin learn about his struggle for identity in the world?

5. What newspaper rivaled the Amsterdam Star-News in the 1940s?

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