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

2. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?
(a) Othello.
(b) Black Boy.
(c) Little Women.
(d) Native Son.

3. In the essay Equal in Paris, what are we told lead police to know that one of the Parisian hotels had their property stolen?
(a) A witness called the police.
(b) The color of the sheets.
(c) Baldwin's friend told the police they were stolen.
(d) The hotel monogram on the sheets.

4. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

5. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?
(a) The book negates the whole race and converts the Negro man's pride into anger.
(b) The book describes the life of a Negro man as if he was a White man.
(c) The book dehumanizes Negro women and makes the Negro man superior to the Negro woman.
(d) The book negates the role of the black woman in society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What negative stereotype does the character Carmen Jones perpetuate?

2. How does Baldwin describe the relationship between the Negroes and the Jews in Harlem?

3. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?

4. What phenomenon does Baldwin address in the essay entitled, A Question of Identity?

5. What happened on the same day that Baldwin's father died?

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