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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. Baldwin believes that the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin should have been:
(a) A Play.
(b) A Novel.
(c) A Pamphlet.
(d) A Short Story.

2. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?
(a) Civil rights era.
(b) Colonial.
(c) Slavery era.
(d) Pre-civil rights era.

3. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?
(a) Immortal
(b) Amoral.
(c) Immortal.
(d) Moral.

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

5. What are protest novels?
(a) Socialism connecting nowhere to racism.
(b) Fantasies connecting nowhere to reality.
(c) Racism connecting nowhere to social policy.
(d) Reality connecting nowhere with fantasy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?

2. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?

3. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?

4. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?

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

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