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

2. How are the oppressed and oppressor described in the book, Notes of a Native Son?
(a) They are divided by society.
(b) They are separated by common law.
(c) They are bound together within the same society.
(d) They are both are oppressed.

3. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?
(a) Negative images in the media.
(b) Injustices.
(c) Slum.
(d) Remote Violence.

4. Who is the author of Native Son?
(a) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Richard Wright.

5. Who played the villainous second male lead in Carmen Jones?
(a) Harry Belafonte.
(b) Joe Adams.
(c) Sammy Davis, Jr.
(d) Sidney Poitier.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?

3. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?

4. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?

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

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