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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, if black faces cannot be made white then what other way can they be changed in order to be less offensive to white society?
(a) White.
(b) Blank.
(c) Clear.
(d) Light.

2. How are the oppressed and oppressor described in the book, Notes of a Native Son?
(a) They are both are oppressed.
(b) They are separated by common law.
(c) They are divided by society.
(d) They are bound together within the same society.

3. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?
(a) Aunt Jemima and Othello.
(b) Aunt Jemima and Carmen Jones.
(c) Carmen Jones and Uncle Tom.
(d) Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who played the villainous second male lead in Carmen Jones?

2. What are protest novels?

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

4. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?

5. Protest novels are said to resemble:

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