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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Baldwin, who were the only people able to maintain a useful and unquestioned friendship with Negroes during the 1940s and 50s in Paris?
(a) Negro entertainers.
(b) Negro soliders.
(c) White Americans.
(d) The French.

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

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

4. Why does Baldwin escape to Paris?
(a) To escape the racial prejudice of America.
(b) To escape the racial prejudice of Africa.
(c) To study French culture.
(d) To live with a French family.

5. What is one way that Baldwin claims a person can become entrenched in the Parisian lifestyle?
(a) Living with a French Family.
(b) Marrying a French citizen.
(c) Eating a French cafes.
(d) Visiting the American embassy in France.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Baldwin, which of the following can the black man call home?

2. Approximately how many American Negroes were living in Paris during the 1950s?

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

4. Where did Baldwin live while in Paris?

5. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?

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