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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Carmen Jones: The Dark Is Light Enough.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?
(a) To show the every day life of a slave.
(b) To tell the true story of Uncle Tom.
(c) To prove slavery is wrong.
(d) To abolish slavery.

2. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?
(a) It had an all-Negro cast.
(b) It had an interracial cast.
(c) It had an all-white cast.
(d) It had an all-African cast.

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

4. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Carmen Jones.
(b) Pearl Bailey.
(c) Dorothy Dandridge.
(d) Lena Horne.

5. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?

2. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?

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

4. According to Baldwin, what color is associated with evil?

5. According to Baldwin, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?

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