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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. According to Baldwin, what color are the robes of the saved?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

3. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1954.

4. Why is the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones considered an insult on black people?
(a) Because the characters speak like northern born Negroes.
(b) Because the characters speak like enslaved Africans.
(c) Because the characters speak like stereotypical Negroes.
(d) Because the characters speak like antebellum Negroes adopting the patterns language of their masters.

5. How is history and the progress of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) Non-existent.
(b) Social.
(c) Anti-Social.
(d) Sufficient.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?

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

3. According to Baldwin, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?

4. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?

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

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