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

2. Why does Baldwin think it is safe for the film Carmen Jones to utilize an all-Negro cast?
(a) There are no white people to which the Negroes may be compared.
(b) The all-Negro cast is less intimidating.
(c) White people do not want to see an interracial cast.
(d) The Negroes would see a movie with an all-Negro cast.

3. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?
(a) Problem Literature.
(b) Social Literature.
(c) Protest Literature.
(d) Change Literature.

4. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?
(a) To bring the ideals of socialism to the oppressed.
(b) To bring greater freedom to the oppressed.
(c) To bring greater charity to the oppressed.
(d) To bring Christianity to the oppressed.

5. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Coarse hair.
(b) Brown eyes.
(c) Dark colored skin.
(d) Overweight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?

2. How is the story of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

3. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?

4. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?

5. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?

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