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

2. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?
(a) The loss of African American identity.
(b) The loss of our own identity.
(c) The loss of Negroes to slavery.
(d) The loss of racial identity.

3. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) A gloomy mist.
(b) A series of shadows.
(c) A mass of darkness.
(d) A series of mishaps.

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

5. Although it is known that African Americans are not biologically or mentally inferior, what occurred during the World War II?
(a) The troops were segregated.
(b) African Americans were not allowed to fight.
(c) The troops were integrated.
(d) The troops were evaluated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baldwin criticize the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set?

2. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?

3. Why does Baldwin assert that White people contribute to the perpetuation of the stereotypical characters such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom?

4. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?

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

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