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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?
(a) Slum.
(b) Injustices.
(c) Negative images in the media.
(d) Remote Violence.

2. What other event shared the same date as the funeral of Baldwin's father?
(a) Baldwin's 20th birthday.
(b) Baldwin's 18th birthday.
(c) Baldwin's 19th birthday.
(d) Baldwin's 17th birthday.

3. How long had Baldwin been gone from home when his father passed away?
(a) A little over a year.
(b) More than 2 years.
(c) Less than a year.
(d) One year.

4. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?
(a) Drama .
(b) Opera.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Horror.

5. Which of the following artists was mentioned in the Harlem Ghetto chapter as having a column in the People's Voice?
(a) Dorothy Dandridge.
(b) Lena Horne.
(c) Harry Belafonte.
(d) Joe Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Baldwin's father born?

2. What performer did Baldwin believe would be remembered for their performance as the embattled solider in Broadway's Deep Are the Roots?

3. What does Baldwin say it means for the Negro to be religious?

4. What are protest novels?

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

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