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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Harlem Ghetto.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?
(a) Immortal.
(b) Moral.
(c) Amoral.
(d) Immortal

2. 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) Joe Adams.
(c) Harry Belafonte.
(d) Lena Horne.

3. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Light colored skin.
(b) Fine hair.
(c) Blue eyes.
(d) Dark colored skin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baldwin describe the American Ideal?

2. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?

3. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?

4. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?

5. What are protest novels?

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