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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. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) George S. Schuyler.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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

3. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?
(a) The music pieces were sung in Italian and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(b) The music pieces were sung by white people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(c) The music pieces were sung by white men and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(d) The music pieces were sung by middle class black people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.

4. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?
(a) A YMCA in Atlanta, GA.
(b) The projects of the Bronx, NY.
(c) A Chicago tenement.
(d) A Harlem apartment.

5. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?
(a) Our passion for clarity.
(b) Our passion for knowledge.
(c) Our passion for categorization.
(d) Our passion for change.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?

2. According to Baldwin, what characteristic does Dorothy Dandridge have that Pearl Bailey lacks?

3. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?

4. What negative stereotype does the character Carmen Jones perpetuate?

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

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