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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) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) George S. Schuyler.

2. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Dark colored skin.
(b) Brown eyes.
(c) Overweight.
(d) Coarse hair.

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

4. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?
(a) It had an interracial cast.
(b) It had an all-white cast.
(c) It had an all-African cast.
(d) It had an all-Negro cast.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Protest novels are said to resemble:

2. How does Baldwin describe a "new society" in the book, Notes of a Native Son?

3. What are protest novels?

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

5. How is the story of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

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