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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What negative stereotype does the character Carmen Jones perpetuate?
(a) The stereotype of Negro women being the desire of white men's lust.
(b) The stereotype of subservient Negro women.
(c) The stereotype of rampant sexuality.
(d) The stereotype of light skinned Negroes being smarter than dark skinned Negroes.

2. Who traveled with Baldwin to visit his dying father on Long Island?
(a) Baldwin's friend.
(b) Baldwin's aunt.
(c) Baldwin's mother.
(d) Baldwin's brother.

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

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

5. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Twentieth Century Fox.
(b) Universal Studios.
(c) Walt Disney Studios.
(d) MGM Studios.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?

2. What reason does Baldwin give for Blacks living in Paris?

3. What did Baldwin drink before his father's funeral?

4. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?

5. What does Baldwin say is the hatred symbol of Georgia?

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