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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, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?
(a) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story of hatred and the idea that Negroes can only become validated if they become more like white men.
(b) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that Negroes are always angry at white men.
(c) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that white men only like subservient black men and women.
(d) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that stereotypical images share laudatory and heinous qualities with the best possible traits coming to the surface for white consumption.

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

3. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?
(a) Horror.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Opera.
(d) Drama .

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

5. According to Baldwin, at what point does the making of an American begin?
(a) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and receives their U.S. citizenship from the government.
(b) At the point that the person enters the country and adopts the venture of the adopted land.
(c) At the point where the individual rejects all other ties and history to other nations and adopts the venture of the adopted land.
(d) At the point where the individual reaches Ellis Island in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?

2. Who is the author of Native Son?

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

4. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?

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

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