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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Baldwin, which students are successfully entrenched in Parisian lifestyle?
(a) Those that use their GI funding to study at Parisian university.
(b) Those that marry French women.
(c) Those that take time to study the culture and People of Paris.
(d) Those that know American history.

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

4. How many hours does it take to get from Milan to the Swiss Village?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. Whose records did Baldwin's father forbid his children to play?
(a) Louis Armstrong.
(b) The Golden Gate Quartet.
(c) James Brown.
(d) The Melodeers.

6. What do the children call Baldwin when he first arrives in the Swiss village?
(a) Black man.
(b) Negro.
(c) Neger.
(d) Poor man.

7. What does Baldwin say boys and young men of the Swiss village can be seen doing all week long?
(a) Shoveling snow off of the rooftops.
(b) Praying.
(c) Skiing.
(d) Going to church.

8. What food was always in the reoccurring nightmares that Baldwin had while in Fresnes?
(a) His mother's fried chicken.
(b) His mother's macaroni and cheese.
(c) Collard greens.
(d) Sweet potato pie.

9. According to Baldwin, what does the black man in American struggle to find?
(a) His own identity.
(b) His childhood memories.
(c) His former slave master.
(d) His real family.

10. In total, how many days did Baldwin spend in the French prison system?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

11. 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?
(a) Society.
(b) America.
(c) Justice.
(d) Citizenship.

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

13. Approximately how many American Negroes were living in Paris during the 1950s?
(a) 400.
(b) 500.
(c) 600.
(d) 450.

14. What did Baldwin suggest attracted ex-GI's to live and study in Paris?
(a) The food associated with Paris.
(b) The beauty of the language.
(c) The architecture associated with Paris.
(d) The romanticism associated with Paris.

15. 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) The color of the sheets.
(b) Baldwin's friend told the police they were stolen.
(c) The hotel monogram on the sheets.
(d) A witness called the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offered to contact someone outside of the prison on behalf of Baldwin?

2. What is Baldwin arrested for while 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 reason does Baldwin give for not believing that ex-GIs traveled to Paris to study?

5. What other event shared the same date as the funeral of Baldwin's father?

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