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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. According to Baldwin, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?
(a) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that stereotypical images share laudatory and heinous qualities with the best possible traits coming to the surface for white consumption.
(b) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story of hatred and the idea that Negroes can only become validated if they become more like white men.
(c) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that Negroes are always angry at white men.
(d) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that white men only like subservient black men and women.

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

3. What has made some changes in the face of the Negro?
(a) Age.
(b) History.
(c) Time.
(d) Slavery.

4. What are protest novels?
(a) Racism connecting nowhere to social policy.
(b) Fantasies connecting nowhere to reality.
(c) Reality connecting nowhere with fantasy.
(d) Socialism connecting nowhere to racism.

5. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?
(a) To bring greater freedom to the oppressed.
(b) To bring the ideals of socialism to the oppressed.
(c) To bring greater charity to the oppressed.
(d) To bring Christianity to the oppressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?

2. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?

3. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?

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. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?

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