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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. Why does Baldwin criticize the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set?
(a) Because they do not accurately portray the working-class.
(b) Because they do not show the intermingling of working class Negroes and Whites.
(c) Because they do not accurately portray the environments of the working class Negroes characterized in the movie.
(d) Because it does not accurately portray the American ghetto.

2. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?
(a) Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom.
(b) Aunt Jemima and Carmen Jones.
(c) Carmen Jones and Uncle Tom.
(d) Aunt Jemima and Othello.

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

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

5. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?
(a) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(b) Carmen Jones.
(c) Black No More.
(d) Native Son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Native Son?

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

3. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?

4. Who played the lead male role in the film Carmen Jones?

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

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