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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far was the Fresnes prison from Paris?
(a) Sixteen Kilometers.
(b) Fourteen Kilometers.
(c) Ten Kilometers.
(d) Twelve Kilometers.

2. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?
(a) Protest Literature.
(b) Change Literature.
(c) Social Literature.
(d) Problem Literature.

3. According to Baldwin, what feeling did the American Negro and the French Negro share?
(a) A sense of overwhelming understanding.
(b) A sense of displacement.
(c) A sense of sadness.
(d) A sense of change.

4. Although it is known that African Americans are not biologically or mentally inferior, what occurred during the World War II?
(a) African Americans were not allowed to fight.
(b) The troops were segregated.
(c) The troops were evaluated.
(d) The troops were integrated.

5. According to Baldwin, how did an American Negro view another American Negro in Paris during the 1940s and 50s?
(a) A source of knowledge.
(b) A source of sadness.
(c) A source of joy.
(d) A source of rage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?

2. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?

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

4. How are the oppressed and oppressor described in the book, Notes of a Native Son?

5. Who traveled with Baldwin to visit his dying father on Long Island?

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