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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. 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 Harlem apartment.
(d) A Chicago tenement.

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

3. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?
(a) To bring greater freedom to the oppressed.
(b) To bring greater charity to the oppressed.
(c) To bring Christianity to the oppressed.
(d) To bring the ideals of socialism to the oppressed.

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) Change Literature.
(b) Problem Literature.
(c) Social Literature.
(d) Protest Literature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Baldwin, who are the three most important characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

3. According to Baldwin, at what point does the making of an American begin?

4. Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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

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