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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. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Dark colored skin.
(b) Brown eyes.
(c) Overweight.
(d) Coarse hair.

2. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?
(a) The changes it suggests about the lives of Negroes.
(b) The questions it leaves in the mind relate more to inferior life of Americans.
(c) The impression it leaves about the realities of Negro life.
(d) The questions it leaves about the relationship between Whites and Negroes.

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

4. According to Baldwin, at what point does the making of an American begin?
(a) At the point that the person enters the country and adopts the venture of the adopted land.
(b) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and adopts the venture of the adopted land.
(c) At the point where the individual reaches Ellis Island in New York.
(d) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and receives their U.S. citizenship from the government.

5. Protest novels are said to resemble:
(a) Missionaries to America.
(b) Missionaries to Africa.
(c) Missionaries to India.
(d) Missionaries to South America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?

2. According to Baldwin, who are the three most important characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

3. According to Baldwin, if black faces cannot be made white then what other way can they be changed in order to be less offensive to white society?

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

5. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?

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